Sec. 51.708. ADDITIONAL FILING FEE FOR CIVIL CASES IN CERTAIN COURTS. (a) In addition to all other fees authorized or required by other law, the clerk of a county court, statutory county court, or district court shall collect a filing fee of not more than $10 in each civil case filed in the court to be used for court record preservation for the courts in the county.
(b) Court fees due under this section shall be collected in the same manner as other fees, fines, or costs are collected in the case.
(c) The clerk at least monthly shall send the fees collected under this section to the county treasurer or to any other official who discharges the duties commonly assigned to the county treasurer. The treasurer or other official shall deposit the fees in a court record preservation account in the county treasury. The money in the account may be used only to digitize court records and preserve the records from natural disasters.
(d) The court record preservation account shall be administered by or under the direction of the commissioners court of the county.
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1183 (H.B. 3637), Sec. 8, eff. September 1, 2009.
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