Sec. 118.068. SUPPLEMENTAL PUBLIC PROBATE ADMINISTRATOR FEE. (a) The "supplemental public probate administrator fee" under Section 118.052(2)(F) is for the support of the office of public probate administrator under Chapter 455, Estates Code. Fees collected under Section 118.052(2)(F) shall be deposited in the county treasury to fund the expenses of the public probate administrator's office.
(b) The supplemental public probate administrator fee is charged for:
(1) a probate original action described by Section 118.055 and for which a fee is charged in accordance with Section 118.052(2)(A)(i), (ii), (iii), (iv), or (v); and
(2) an adverse probate action described by Section 118.057 and for which a fee is charged in accordance with Section 118.052(2)(C).
(c) The supplemental public probate administrator fee must be paid by the person against whom the fee for a probate original action or adverse probate action, as applicable, is charged and is due at the time that fee is due.
(d) The supplemental public probate administrator fee is in addition to all other fees charged in probate original actions and adverse probate actions.
Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 671 (H.B. 1755), Sec. 5, eff. January 1, 2014.