85R4852 DMS-D     By: Rodríguez S.B. No. 691       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the fees collected by justices of the peace on the   filing of certain civil actions to fund a law library.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 101.151(a), Government Code, is amended   to read as follows:          (a)  A justice of the peace shall collect the following fees   under the Local Government Code:                (1)  services rendered before judgment (Secs. 118.121   and 118.122, Local Government Code):                      (A)  justice court (Sec. 118.121, Local   Government Code) . . . $25; and                      (B)  small claims court (Sec. 118.121, Local   Government Code) . . . $25; [and]                (2)  services rendered after judgment (Secs. 118.121   and 118.123, Local Government Code):                      (A)  transcript (Sec. 118.121, Local Government   Code) . . . $10;                      (B)  abstract of judgment (Sec. 118.121, Local   Government Code) . . . $5;                      (C)  execution, order of sale, writ of   restitution, or other writ or process (Sec. 118.121, Local   Government Code) . . . $5 per page;                      (D)  certified copy of court papers (Secs. 118.121   and 118.1235, Local Government Code) . . . $2 for first page; $0.25   for each additional page; and                      (E)  issuing other document (no return required)   (Sec. 118.121, Local Government Code) . . . $1 for first page;   $0.25 for each additional page; and                (3)  court cost in civil cases in which the amount in   controversy exceeds $4,999 but does not exceed $10,000, other than   suits for delinquent taxes, to fund the county law library fund, if   authorized by the county commissioners court (Sec. 323.023, Local   Government Code) . . . not to exceed $35.          SECTION 2.  Section 323.023(a), Local Government Code, is   amended to read as follows:          (a)  A sum set by the commissioners court not to exceed $35   shall be taxed, collected, and paid as other costs in each civil   case filed in a county or district court and in each civil case   filed in a justice court in which the amount in controversy exceeds   $4,999 but does not exceed $10,000 [, except suits for delinquent   taxes.   The county is not liable for the costs].          SECTION 3.  The change in law made by this Act applies only   to a civil action filed in a justice court on or after the effective   date of this Act. A civil action filed before that date is governed   by the law in effect on the date the action was filed, and the former   law is continued in effect for that purpose.          SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.