Section 51.609. Uncollectible Fees

TX Govt Code § 51.609 (2019) (N/A)
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Text of section as added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 121 (H.B. 435), Sec. 1

For text of section as added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1040 (H.B. 685), Sec. 1, see other Sec. 51.609.

Sec. 51.609. UNCOLLECTIBLE FEES. (a) The clerk may request the court in which a court cost or fee was imposed on a party in a civil case to make a finding that the cost or fee is uncollectible if the cost or fee has been unpaid for at least 15 years.

(b) On a finding by a court that a court cost or fee imposed on a party in a civil case is uncollectible, the court may order the clerk to designate the cost or fee as uncollectible in the fee record. The clerk shall attach a copy of the court's order to the fee record.

(c) This section does not apply to a court cost or fee imposed by the supreme court, the court of criminal appeals, or a court of appeals.

Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 121 (H.B. 435), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2019.