Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 135.101 · Subchapter C. LOCAL CIVIL FEES

LOCAL CONSOLIDATED CIVIL FEE FOR CERTAIN CIVIL CASES IN DISTRICT COURT, STATUTORY COUNTY COURT, OR COUNTY COURT.

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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

(a) A person shall pay in a district court, statutory county court, or county court in addition to all other fees and court costs a local consolidated filing fee of:

(1) $213 on filing any civil case except a probate, guardianship, or mental health case; and

(2) $35 on any action other than an original action for a case subject to Subdivision (1), including any counterclaim, cross-action, intervention, contempt action, interpleader, motion for new trial, motion to reinstate, or third-party action.

(b) The county treasurer shall allocate the fees received under Subsection (a)(1) to the following accounts and funds so that each receives to the extent practicable, utilizing historical data as applicable, the same amount of money the account or fund would have received if the fees for the accounts and funds had been collected and reported separately, except that the account or fund may not receive less than the following percentages:

(1) the appellate judicial system fund 2.3474 percent;

(2) the court facility fee fund 9.3897 percent;

(3) the clerk of the court account 23.4742 percent;

(4) the clerks records management and preservation account 14.0845 percent;

(5) the court reporter service fund 11.7371 percent;

(6) the county law library fund 16.4319 percent;

(7) the courthouse security fund 9.3897 percent;

(8) the language access fund 1.4085 percent;

(9) the county jury fund 4.6948 percent; and

(10) the county dispute resolution fund 7.0423 percent.

(c) The county treasurer shall allocate the fees received under Subsection (a)(2) to the following accounts and funds so that each receives to the extent practicable, utilizing historical data as applicable, the same amount of money the account or fund would have received if the fees for the accounts and funds had been collected and reported separately, except that the account or fund may not receive less than the following percentages:

(1) the clerk of the court account 42.8571 percent; and

(2) the clerks records management and preservation account 57.1429 percent.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 472 (S.B. 41), Sec. 1.03, eff. January 1, 2022.

Amended by:

Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 256 (S.B. 1612), Sec. 23, eff. January 1, 2024.

Acts 2025, 89th Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 7 (H.B. 16), Sec. 7.22, eff. December 4, 2025.

Source of truth

Edition: Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Official file: https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.135.htm
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