H.B. No. 2182

	AN ACT
	relating to the collection and refunding of certain fees and
	deposits by a county clerk or district clerk; increasing certain
	fees.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Article 17.02, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
	amended to read as follows:
	Art. 17.02.  DEFINITION OF "BAIL BOND".  A "bail bond" is a
	written undertaking entered into by the defendant and the
	defendant's sureties for the appearance of the principal therein
	before a court or magistrate to answer a criminal accusation;
	provided, however, that the defendant on execution of the bail bond
	may deposit with the custodian of funds of the court in which the
	prosecution is pending current money of the United States in the
	amount of the bond in lieu of having sureties signing the same.  Any
	cash funds deposited under this article shall be receipted for by
	the officer receiving the funds and, on order of the court, be
	refunded in the amount shown on the face of the receipt less the
	administrative fee authorized by Section 117.055, Local Government
	Code, after the defendant complies with the conditions of the
	defendant's bond, to:
	(1)  any person in the name of whom a receipt was
	issued, [in the amount reflected on the face of the receipt,]
	including the defendant if a receipt was issued to the defendant; or
	(2)  the defendant, if no other person is able to
	produce a receipt for the funds.
	SECTION 2.  Article 102.004(a), Code of Criminal Procedure,
	is amended to read as follows:
	(a)  A defendant convicted by a jury in a trial before a
	justice or municipal court shall pay a jury fee of $3. A defendant
	in a justice or municipal court who requests a trial by jury and who
	withdraws the request not earlier than 24 hours before the time of
	trial shall pay a jury fee of $3, if the defendant is convicted of
	the offense or final disposition of the defendant's case is
	deferred. A defendant convicted by a jury in a county court, a
	county court at law, or a district court shall pay a jury fee of $40
	[$20].
	SECTION 3.  (a)  Section 51.305(b), Government Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	(b)  The commissioners court of a county may adopt a district
	court records archive fee of not more than $10 for the filing of a
	suit, including an appeal from an inferior court, or a
	cross-action, counterclaim, intervention, contempt action, motion
	for new trial, or third-party petition, in any [a district] court in
	the county for which the district clerk accepts filings as part of
	the county's annual budget.  The fee must be set and itemized in the
	county's budget as part of the budget preparation process and must
	be approved in a public meeting.  The fee is for preservation and
	restoration services performed in connection with maintaining a
	district court records archive.
	(b)  Section 51.305(b), Government Code, as effective
	September 1, 2019, is amended to read as follows:
	(b)  The commissioners court of a county may adopt a district
	court records archive fee of not more than $5 for the filing of a
	suit, including an appeal from an inferior court, or a
	cross-action, counterclaim, intervention, contempt action, motion
	for new trial, or third-party petition, in any [a district] court in
	the county for which the district clerk accepts filings as part of
	the county's annual budget.  The fee must be set and itemized in the
	county's budget as part of the budget preparation process and must
	be approved in a public meeting.  The fee is for preservation and
	restoration services performed in connection with maintaining a
	district court records archive.
	SECTION 4.  Section 51.319, Government Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	Sec. 51.319.  OTHER FEES. The district clerk shall collect
	the following fees for services performed by the clerk:
	(1)  for performing services related to the matter of
	the estate of a deceased person or a minor transacted in the
	district court, the same fees allowed the county clerk for those
	services;
	(2)  for serving process by certified or registered
	mail, the same fee that sheriffs and constables are authorized to
	charge for the service under Section 118.131, Local Government
	Code; [and]
	(3)  for performing any other service prescribed or
	authorized by law for which no fee is set by law, a reasonable fee;
	and
	(4)  for performing services related to a matter filed
	in a statutory county court, the same fees allowed the district
	clerk for those services in the district court.
	SECTION 5.  Section 51.604(a), Government Code, is amended
	to read as follows:
	(a)  The district clerk shall collect a $40 [$30] jury fee
	for each civil case in which a person applies for a jury trial. The
	clerk of a county court or statutory county court shall collect a
	$40 [$22] jury fee for each civil case in which a person applies for
	a jury trial. The clerk shall note the payment of the fee on the
	court's docket.
	SECTION 6.  Section 118.052, Local Government Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 118.052.  FEE SCHEDULE.  Each clerk of a county court
	shall collect the following fees for services rendered to any
	person:
	(1)  CIVIL COURT ACTIONS
	(A)  Filing of Original Action (Sec. 118.053):
	(i)  Garnishment after judgment . . . $15.00
	(ii)  All others . . . $40.00
	(B)  Filing of Action Other than Original (Sec.
	118.054) . . . $30.00
	(C)  Services Rendered After Judgment in Original
	Action (Sec. 118.0545):
	(i)  Abstract of judgment . . . $ 5.00
	(ii)  Execution, order of sale, writ, or
	other process . . . $ 5.00
	(2)  PROBATE COURT ACTIONS
	(A)  Probate Original Action (Sec. 118.055):
	(i)  Probate of a will with independent
	executor, administration with will attached, administration of an
	estate, guardianship or receivership of an estate, or muniment of
	title . . . $40.00
	(ii)  Community survivors . . . $40.00
	(iii)  Small estates . . . $40.00
	(iv)  Declarations of heirship . . . $40.00
	(v)  Mental health or chemical dependency
	services . . . $40.00
	(vi)  Additional, special fee (Sec. 118.064)
	. . . $ 5.00
	(B)  Services in Pending Probate Action (Sec.
	118.056):
	(i)  Filing an inventory and appraisement as
	provided by Section 118.056(d) . . . $25.00
	(ii)  Approving and recording bond . . . $
	3.00
	(iii)  Administering oath . . . $ 2.00
	(iv)  Filing annual or final account of
	estate . . . $25.00
	(v)  Filing application for sale of real or
	personal property . . .  $25.00
	(vi)  Filing annual or final report of
	guardian of a person . . . $10.00
	(vii)  Filing a document not listed under
	this paragraph after the filing of an order approving the inventory
	and appraisement or after the 120th day after the date of the
	initial filing of the action, whichever occurs first, if more than
	25 pages . . . $25.00
	(C)  Adverse Probate Action (Sec. 118.057) . . .
	$40.00
	(D)  Claim Against Estate (Sec. 118.058) . . .
	$10.00 [$ 2.00]
	(E)  Supplemental Court-Initiated Guardianship
	Fee in Probate Original Actions and Adverse Probate Actions (Sec.
	118.067) . . . $20.00
	(F)  Supplemental Public Probate Administrator
	Fee For Counties That Have Appointed a Public Probate Administrator
	(Sec. 118.068) . . . $10.00
	(3)  OTHER FEES
	(A)  Issuing Document (Sec. 118.059): original
	document and one copy . . . $ 4.00
	each additional set of an original and one copy . . . $ 4.00
	(B)  Certified Papers (Sec. 118.060): for the
	clerk's certificate . . . $ 5.00
	plus a fee per page or part of a page of . . . $ 1.00
	(C)  Noncertified Papers (Sec. 118.0605): for
	each page or part of a page . . . $ 1.00
	(D)  Letters Testamentary, Letter of
	Guardianship, Letter of Administration, or Abstract of Judgment
	(Sec. 118.061) . . . $ 2.00
	(E)  Safekeeping of Wills (Sec. 118.062) . . . $
	5.00
	(F)  Mail Service of Process (Sec. 118.063) . . .
	same as sheriff
	(G)  Records Management and Preservation Fee
	. . . $ 5.00
	SECTION 7.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
	a fee that becomes payable on or after the effective date of this
	Act. A fee that becomes payable before that date is governed by the
	law in effect when the fee became payable, and the former law is
	continued in effect for that purpose.
	SECTION 8.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 2182 was passed by the House on May 5,
	2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 142, Nays 2, 2 present, not
	voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
	No. 2182 on May 26, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 145, Nays 0,
	3 present, not voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 2182 was passed by the Senate, with
	amendments, on May 22, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays
	1.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED: __________________
	Date
	__________________
	Governor