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Texas Government Code - Section 22.2141. Appellate Judicial System

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§ 22.2141. APPELLATE JUDICIAL SYSTEM.  (a) The 
commissioners court of each county in the Thirteenth Court of 
Appeals District, by order entered in its minutes, shall establish 
an appellate judicial system to:
		(1)  assist the court of appeals for the county in the 
processing of appeals filed with the court of appeals from the 
county courts, county courts at law, probate courts, and district 
courts;  and
		(2)  defray costs and expenses incurred by the county 
under Section 22.214. 
	(b)  To fund the system, the commissioners court shall set a 
court costs fee of not more than $5 for each civil suit filed in a 
county court, county court at law, probate court, or district court 
in the county.
	(c)  The court costs fee does not apply to a suit filed by the 
county or to a suit for delinquent taxes.
	(d)  The court costs fee shall be taxed, collected, and paid 
as other court costs in a suit.  The clerk of the court shall collect 
the court costs fee set under this section and pay it to the county 
officer who performs the county treasurer's functions.  That 
officer shall deposit the fee in a separate appellate judicial 
system fund.  The commissioners court shall administer the fund to 
accomplish the purposes described by Subsection (a).  The fund may 
not be used for any other purpose.
	(e)  Not later than the 91st day of each county fiscal year, 
the commissioners court shall order the balance remaining in the 
appellate judicial system fund at the close of the previous fiscal 
year to be forwarded to the court of appeals for expenditure by the 
court of appeals for the court's judicial system.
	(f)  The commissioners court shall vest management of the 
system in the chief justice of the court of appeals in the district.

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1177, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.          

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