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Chapte-"5 S.B. No. 1259
Chapter i95
1 AN ACT
2 relating to the management of certain courts, including the storage
3 of records by the clerks of the supreme court and the courts of
4 appeals and the creation of an appellate judicial system for the
5 Seventh Court of Appeals District.
6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
7 SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 22, Government Code, is
8 amended by adding Section 22.2081 to read as follows:
9 Sec. 22.2081. APPELLATE JUDICIAL SYSTEM. (a) The
10 commissioners court of each county in the Seventh Court of Appeals
11 District, by order entered in its minutes, shall establish an
12 appellate judicial system to:
13 (1) assist the court of appeals for the county in the
14 disposition of appeals filed with the court of appeals from the
15 county courts, statutory county courts, probate courts, and16 district courts; and
17 (2) defray costs and expenses incurred by the county
18 under Section 22.208.
19 (b) To fund the system, the commissioners court shall set a
20 court costs fee of $5 for each civil suit filed in a county court,
21 statutory county court, probate court, or district court in the
22 county.
23 (c) The court costs fee does not apply to a suit filed by the
24 county or to a suit for delinquent taxes.
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Texas. Legislature. Senate. 81st Texas Legislature, Senate Bill 1259, Chapter 795, legislative document, June 19, 2009; [Austin, Texas]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth149330/m1/1/: accessed May 8, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.