Texas Government Code - Section 51.601. Court Reporter Service Fee
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§ 51.601. COURT REPORTER SERVICE FEE. (a) The clerk of
each court that has an official court reporter shall collect a court
reporter service fee of $15 as a court cost in each civil case filed
with the clerk to maintain a court reporter who is available for
assignment in the court.
(b) The clerk shall collect this fee in the manner provided
for other court costs and shall deliver the fee to the county
treasurer, or the person who performs the duties of the county
treasurer, of the county in which the court sits. The county
treasurer, or the person who performs the duties of the county
treasurer, shall deposit the fees received into the court reporter
service fund.
(c) The commissioners court of the county shall administer
the court reporter service fund to assist in the payment of
court-reporter-related services, that may include maintaining an
adequate number of court reporters to provide services to the
courts, obtaining court reporter transcription services,
closed-caption transcription machines, Braille transcription
services, or other transcription services to comply with state or
federal laws, or providing any other service related to the
functions of a court reporter.
(d) The commissioners court shall, in administering the
court reporter service fund, assist any court in which a case is
filed that requires the payment of the court reporter service fee.
(e) This section does not apply to an action brought to
collect delinquent taxes.
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 480, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985. Amended
by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1080, § 6, eff. Sept. 1, 1989; Acts
1995, 74th Leg., ch. 144, § 2, eff. Aug. 28, 1995.
Section: 51.322 51.401 51.402 51.403 51.404 51.501 51.502 51.601 51.602 51.604 51.605 51.606 51.607 51.702 51.703
Last modified: August 11, 2007
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