Sec. 103.027. MISCELLANEOUS FEES AND COSTS: GOVERNMENT CODE.

Text of subsection as amended by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 467 (H.B. 4170), Sec. 8.108, and Ch. 1227 (S.B. 658), Sec. 4

(a) Fees and costs shall be paid or collected under the Government Code as follows:

(1) filing a certified copy of a judicial finding of fact and conclusion of law if charged by the secretary of state (Sec. 51.905, Government Code) . . . $15;

(2) cost paid by each surety posting the bail bond for an offense other than a misdemeanor punishable by fine only under Chapter 17, Code of Criminal Procedure, for the assistant prosecutor supplement fund and the fair defense account (Sec. 41.258, Government Code) . . . $15, provided the cost does not exceed $30 for all bail bonds posted at that time for an individual and the cost is not required on the posting of a personal or cash bond;

(3) to participate in a court proceeding in this state, a nonresident attorney fee (Sec. 82.0361, Government Code) . . . $250 except as waived or reduced under supreme court rules for representing an indigent person;

(4) on a party's appeal of a final decision in a contested case, the cost of preparing the original or a certified copy of the record of the agency proceeding, if required by the agency's rule, as a court cost (Sec. 2001.177, Government Code) . . . as assessed by the court, all or part of the cost of preparation;

(5) a program fee for a drug court program (Sec. 123.004, Government Code) . . . not to exceed $1,000;

(6) an alcohol or controlled substance testing, counseling, and treatment fee (Sec. 123.004, Government Code) . . . the amount necessary to cover the costs of testing, counseling, and treatment;

(7) a reasonable program fee for a veterans treatment court program (Sec. 124.005, Government Code) . . . not to exceed $1,000;

(8) a testing, counseling, and treatment fee for testing, counseling, or treatment performed or provided under a veterans treatment court program (Sec. 124.005, Government Code) . . . the amount necessary to cover the costs of testing, counseling, or treatment;

(9) a nonrefundable program fee for a commercially sexually exploited persons court program (Sec. 126.006, Government Code) . . . a reasonable amount not to exceed $1,000, which must include a counseling and services fee in an amount necessary to cover the costs of counseling and services provided by the program, a victim services fee in an amount equal to 10 percent of the total fee, and a law enforcement training fee in an amount equal to five percent of the total fee;

(9-a) a reasonable program fee for a public safety employees treatment court program (Sec. 129.006, Government Code) . . . not to exceed $1,000;

(9-b) a testing, counseling, and treatment fee for testing, counseling, or treatment performed or provided under a public safety employees treatment court program (Sec. 129.006, Government Code) . . . the amount necessary to cover the costs of testing, counseling, or treatment; and

(10) a district court records archive fee 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 court in the county for which the district clerk accepts filings, if authorized by the county commissioners court (Sec. 51.305, Government Code) . . . not more than $10.

Text of subsection as amended by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1227 (S.B. 658), Sec. 4, and Ch. 1352 (S.B. 346), Sec. 4.28

(a) Fees and costs shall be paid or collected under the Government Code as follows:

(1) filing a certified copy of a judicial finding of fact and conclusion of law if charged by the secretary of state (Sec. 51.905, Government Code) . . . $15;

(2) to participate in a court proceeding in this state, a nonresident attorney fee (Sec. 82.0361, Government Code) . . . $250 except as waived or reduced under supreme court rules for representing an indigent person;

(3) on a party's appeal of a final decision in a contested case, the cost of preparing the original or a certified copy of the record of the agency proceeding, if required by the agency's rule, as a court cost (Sec. 2001.177, Government Code) . . . as assessed by the court, all or part of the cost of preparation; and

(4) a district court records archive fee 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 court in the county for which the district clerk accepts filings, if authorized by the county commissioners court (Sec. 51.305, Government Code) . . . not more than $10.

Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 921 (H.B. 3167), Sec. 7.116, eff. September 1, 2007.

Amended by:

Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 87 (S.B. 1969), Sec. 11.119(a), eff. September 1, 2009.

Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 91 (S.B. 1303), Sec. 11.115, eff. September 1, 2011.

Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 161 (S.B. 1093), Sec. 9.107, eff. September 1, 2013.

Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1290 (H.B. 2302), Sec. 14, eff. September 1, 2013.

Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1236 (S.B. 1296), Sec. 9.119(a), eff. September 1, 2015.

Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 324 (S.B. 1488), Sec. 8.122(a), eff. September 1, 2017.

Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 467 (H.B. 4170), Sec. 8.108(a), eff. September 1, 2019.

Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1227 (S.B. 658), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2019.

Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1352 (S.B. 346), Sec. 4.28, eff. January 1, 2020.