Texas Government Code - Section 51.705. Additional Filing Fee For Dallas County Civil Courts
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§ 51.705. ADDITIONAL FILING FEE FOR DALLAS COUNTY CIVIL
COURTS. (a) In this section, "Dallas County civil court" means a
district court, including a family district court, a probate court,
a county court at law, or a justice court in Dallas County. The term
does not include a small claims court.
(b) In addition to all other fees authorized or required by
other law, the clerk of a Dallas County civil court shall collect a
filing fee of not more than $15 in each civil case filed in the court
to be used for the construction, renovation, or improvement of the
facilities that house the Dallas County civil courts.
(c) Court fees due under this section shall be collected in
the same manner as other fees, fines, or costs are collected in the
case.
(d) The clerk shall send the fees collected under this
section to the county treasurer at least as frequently as monthly.
The treasurer shall deposit the fees in a special account in the
county treasury dedicated to the construction, renovation, or
improvement of the facilities that house the Dallas County civil
courts.
(e) This section applies only to fees for a 12-month period
beginning July 1, if the commissioners court:
(1) adopts a resolution authorizing a fee of no more
than $15;
(2) adopts a resolution requiring the county to spend
one dollar for the construction, renovation, or improvement of the
courts' facilities for each dollar spent from the special account
dedicated to that purpose; and
(3) files the resolutions with the county treasurer
not later than June 1 immediately preceding the first 12-month
period during which the fees are to be collected.
(f) A resolution adopted under Subsection (e) continues
from year to year until July 1, 2016, allowing the county to collect
fees under the terms of this section until the resolution is
rescinded.
(g) The commissioners court may rescind a resolution
adopted under Subsection (e) by adopting a resolution rescinding
the resolution and submitting the recision resolution to the county
treasurer not later than June 1 preceding the beginning of the first
day of the county fiscal year. The commissioners court may adopt an
additional resolution in the manner provided by Subsection (e)
after rescinding a previous resolution under that subsection.
(h) A fee established under a particular resolution is
abolished on the earlier of:
(1) the date a resolution adopted under Subsection (e)
is rescinded as provided by Subsection (g); or
(2) July 1, 2016.
(i) The county may make the required expenditure described
by Subsection (e)(2) at any time, regardless of when the
expenditure from the special account occurs.
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1199, § 1, eff. June 15, 2001.
Section: 51.604 51.605 51.606 51.607 51.702 51.703 51.704 51.705 51.801 51.802 51.803 51.804 51.805 51.806 51.807
Last modified: August 11, 2007
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