GR Account 5157 – Statewide Electronic Filing System

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Legal Citations:

Government Code sec. 51.852
Local Government Code sec. 133.102

Origin Date: H.B. 2302 and H.B. 6, 83rd Leg., R.S.

Issue Date: 2013-09-01

Revised Date: 2019-12-10

Purpose

An account in General Revenue. Defendants convicted of a felony pay $185, defendants convicted of a Class A or B misdemeanor pay $147 and defendants convicted of a nonjailable misdemeanor pay $62. This account receives 0.5485% of total collections.

Appropriated to the Office of Court Administration to support a statewide electronic filing technology project for courts. Also provides grants to counties to implement components of the project.

Includes filing fees under Government Code sec. 51.851.

Classification	Group 01: General State Operating and Disbursing Funds [?]
Depository Interest	Deposited to General Revenue 0001.
Disposition of Balance	Accumulative
Appropriation Technique	General Appropriations Act

Administering Agencies

212 – Office of Court Administration

Financial Activity

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Notes

Effective 01/01/2020, S.B. 346, 86th Leg., R.S. added percentage of court costs under Local Government Code sec. 133.102. S.B. 346 removed civil action court costs from account revenue.

USAS Values

USAS Title	GR ACCT-STATEWIDE ELECTRONIC FILING SYS
Consolidated Fund	0001
State Fund Group	01 - GENERAL STATE OPERATING & DISBURSING FDS
USAS Status	A

Used to make general expenditures for the daily operations of state government.

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