Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
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| Origin Date: H.B. 2302 and H.B. 6, 83rd Leg., R.S. |
| Issue Date: 2013-09-01 |
| Revised Date: 2022-10-14 |
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 $30 filing fee under Government Code sec. 51.851.
Receives the portion of local filing fees, dedicated to county alternative dispute resolution programs, from counties that do not have such a program.
| Classification | Group 01: General State Operating and Disbursing Funds [?] |
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| Depository Interest | Deposited to General Revenue 0001. |
| Disposition of Balance | Accumulative |
| Appropriation Technique | General Appropriations Act |
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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 Title | GR ACCT-STATEWIDE ELECTRONIC FILING SYS |
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| Consolidated Fund | 0001 |
| State Fund Group | 01 - GENERAL STATE OPERATING & DISBURSING FDS |
| USAS Status | A |