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Linda Uecker
August 25, 1997 ~ ~i~J,,, {q/
District Clerk, Kerr County
700 Main St., Kerr County Courthouse
Kerrville, Texas 78028
(210792-2251
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Hon. Robert A. Denson, County Judge
Hon. Commissioners Court (,,,
Kerr County Courthouse ~n}V
Kerrville, Texas 78028
Gentlemen:
Local Government Code Sec. 118.131 authorized the commissioners
court to set reasonable fees for services by the offices of the
sheriff and constable. The fees must be set prior to October 1 of
each year to be effective January 1 of the following year.
This has been done annually, however the District Clerk's office has
been charging a "sheriff's venire fee" of $5.00 on all civil cases
filed. This fee at one time appeared on the list of sheriff's fees
approved by the court but at some point and for whatever reason was
probably inadvertently omitted. This fee is a good source of
revenue for the county.
I would therefore recommend to the court that this fee be added to
the fee schedule, that it be increased to $15.00 and reallocated and
renamed "Sheriff's Bailiff fee". The District clerk's office files
approximately 825 civil cases annually, the County Clerk's office
files approximately 160 civil cases annually. Based on these
figures the fee would generate $14,000 + annually in county revenue.
I would have no recommendation as to assessing the fee in justice
courts as I am unfamiliar with the amount of cases filed and the
necessity of bailiffs.
Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
Respectfully,
~a Uecker,
Kerr County
cc:
Frances Kaiser, Sheriff
District Clerk
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