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89(R) SB 1015 - House Committee Report version - Bill Text
By: Zaffirini
S.B. No. 1015
(Leach)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to excess contributions and fees allocated to statutory
probate courts.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 25.00212, Government Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as
follows:
(a) At the end of each state fiscal year, the comptroller
shall determine
:
(1)
the amounts deposited in the judicial fund
under
Section 133.151(c)(1), Local Government Code, from
[
by
] statutory
probate courts
fees remitted under Section 133.151(a)(1), Local
Government Code, either:
(A)
directly to the treasury by the Office of
Court Administration of the Texas Judicial System for fees paid
using the electronic filing system established under Section
72.031; or
(B)
to the comptroller in the manner provided by
Subchapter B, Chapter 133, Local Government Code, for fees paid to
an officer of a court;
and
(2)
the sum of the amount paid under Section
25.0022(e) and the total amounts paid to the counties under Section
25.00211.
(a-1)
If the
comptroller determines the
total amount
deposited in the judicial fund by statutory probate courts in all
counties
as calculated under Subsection (a)(1)
exceeds
the sum
calculated under Subsection (a)(2)
[
that sum
], the
comptroller
[
state
] shall remit the excess proportionately to each county that
contributed
[
deposited
] a greater amount
to
[
in
] the judicial fund
from fees collected
by
a
statutory probate court than the amount the
county was paid under Section 25.00211, as adjusted in an equitable
manner to reflect the differences in the total amounts paid to the
counties under Section 25.00211.
SECTION 2. Section 25.0022(f), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(f) Each county pays annually to the presiding judge, from
fees
allocated to the judicial education and support fund under
[
collected pursuant to
] Section
135.102
[
118.052(2)(A)(vi)
], Local
Government Code, the amount of the salary apportioned [
to it
] as
provided by this section and the other expenses authorized by this
section. The presiding judge shall place each county's payment of
salary and other expenses in an administrative fund, from which the
salary and other expenses are paid. The salary shall be paid in
equal monthly installments.
SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act to Section
25.00212, Government Code, apply to amounts deposited in the
judicial fund under Section 133.151(c)(1), Local Government Code,
from fees collected by a statutory probate court before, on, or
after the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.