ORDEf~ tdO. ~C,C~'?
aF'F'ROVRL_ OF ADDITIOP~1-'~L F'ILIi~fG FEE
OE ~ 1 ~. ~k'~ FOR ~l~i OFFICT~11_ COUR1" RERORTER FOR
COlJN3Y COURT AS F'ER SECI"TON ~.:,.i. E,4`~1 GO4~ER1V~iE~JT CODE
On tl-~ i s the 9-t t7 d~~y of Dept e,nt~er 1990, ~_~pon mot i or-. m~~de ~y
Ccammi.ss~>ioner- t-lole4;amp, ~econdec# by Commisu~icar3er-~ Oehler, tt~ae•.
Co~_irt. ~_~nanimously approved by a vote of 5-0-0, of add itior-,~~1
filing fee of ~lO. ~~ 'For tin oi`ficiL~l Co~_irt Reporter for Co~_rnty
Ca~_rrt ~:~s pet" SeC_'t 1CaTl ~1. ~~+~'~~. Ooverrimer~t Code.
COMIIIISSIONERS' COURT AGENDA REQUEST
PLEASE FURNISH UIVE uKtC;1NAL AND FIVE COPIES OF TriiS icie,QuEST fiivu L~7CUNIENTS
TO BE REVIEWED BY THE COURT.
MADE BY: Pat~i~-ia rye, OFFICE: [Y~unt~ C'~c~rk
MEETING DATE: ~ptember 9, 1996 TIME PREFERRED:
SLBJECT: (PLEASE BE SPECIFIC) Approval of Additional Filing Fee of $15.00 per
Section 51.601 Goverment Code for an official court reporter for county court and
to be assessed in each Probate and Mental Health case.
E~CUTIVE SESSION REQUESTED: (PLEASE STATE REASON)
ESTIMATED LENGTH OF PRESENTATION:
IF PERSONNEL MATTER -NAME OF EMPLOYEE:
NA:'~iE OF PERSON ADDRESSING THE COURT:
5 minutes
Patricia Dye
Time for submitting this request for Court to assure that the matter is posted in accordance with Title 5,
Chapter 551 and 552, Government Code, is as follows:
Meeting" scheduled for Mondays:
THIS REQUEST RECEIVED BY:
THIS REQUEST RECEIVED ON:
5:00 P.M. previous Tuesday.

All Agenda Requests will be screened by the County Judge's Office to determine if adequate information has
been prepared for the Court's formal consideration and action at time of Court Meetings. Your cooperation will
be appreciated and contribute towards you request being addressed at the earliest opportunity. See Agenda
Request Ruies Adopted by Commissioners' Court.
l~ 4` 3 .. Fr
jW .t::sdJbc'~~"~.`.F .iu91iY"vWw'aRY:aa~. y~,~.
• ~h. 1-~3, § 2 74th LEGISLATURE-REGULAR SESSION
con.,titutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several days in each house be
wspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
Passed the Senate on April 12, 1995: Yeas 31, Nays 0; passed the House on May 7,
1995, by anon-record vote.
Approved May 19, 1995. r I,,lyci
Effective August 28, 1995, 90 days after date of adjournment. ~~'~""
CHAPTER 144
S.B. No. 770
AN ACT
relating to fees collected by certain county officers.
Be it enacted try the Legislature of the State of Texas:
SECTION 1. Subsection (f), Section 118.131, Local Government Code, is amended to read
as follows:
(fl On or before October 15 of the [eae~] year tat zoh.ich. the fees are iztitially set, the
commssioners court shall pro~~ide written notice of the amounts of the fees [~
seE•tien] to the comptroller. If the cozuauissioners court changes the antouztt of a fee set
xnder this section, the eonzmissioners court shall provide to the comptroller, on or before
October 15 of fhe year in zt>hich the a>nouitt is chazaged, a urritten notice of the change in the
azrzouztt of the fee. Before December 15 of each year, the comptroller shall compile the fee
information pro~~ided by counties and send the compilation to:
(1) the commissioners court of each county in this state; '
('?) any statewide association of counties or of officers of counties that requests in writing
before" December 15 to be informed; and
(3) the State Bar of Texas.
SECTION 2. Section 51.fi01, Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 51.601. COURT REPORTER SERVICE FEE. (a) The clerk of. each court that has
an official court reporter s~shall collect a court reporter service fee of $15 as a court cost in each
civil case filed urith the clerk'to znaizrtain a coztrt reporter zuho is azxtilable 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 tz~easurer, or the person who pez~arms the duties of the county
treasurer, [ ] of the county in which the court
sits. The coicrtfy treasurer, or the person zvho perfornts the duties of the county treasurer,
shall deposit fhe fees received into the court reporter se~i-viee fund.
(c) The romntissimiers court of the county shall administer the coztrt reporter service fund
to assist in the payment of court-reporter-related services, that may include rnaintai~tiatg an
adequate niuxber of court irporfers to rovide seririces to the courts, obtaizting court reporter
trYinscriptfon serlJiees, closed-cap ton tinnscrzptzvn Wise tezies, rai.lle tra.nscriptiort seruiees,
or other tr~acisrriptiou seri~ices to comply with state ar fedezYZl lotus, ar proznding auy outer
serf-ire related to the fzcnctio>ts of a coicrt reporter.
(d) The conuuissioners court shall, i>t administering the count reporter service fuzza~ assist
any court in rchich a case is filed that requires lice pa?Icitei~t of the court reporter seruice fee.
le)[(b~] This section does not apply to an action brought to collect delinquent taxes.
SECTION 3. Section 51.702, Government Code, is amended by amending Subsections (f)
and (g) and by adding Subsections (h), (i), (j), and (k) to read as follows:
(f) This section applies only to fees and costs fora 12-month period beginning J/uly 1 in a
county in which the co missioners court: ! ~ F°
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