Issue Date: 2013-09-01
Revised Date: 2022-01-12

Legal Citations

Origin:

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

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.

Receives a portion of the $137, $45, and $21 consolidated civil filing fees under Local Government Code sec. 133.151.

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

Financial Activity

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Note

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.

S.B. 41, 87th Leg., R.S. added the consolidated state civil fees.

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.