{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-135.101","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Local Government Code § 135.101","heading":"LOCAL CONSOLIDATED CIVIL FEE FOR CERTAIN CIVIL CASES IN DISTRICT COURT, STATUTORY COUNTY COURT, OR COUNTY COURT.","body":"(a) A person shall pay in a district court, statutory county court, or county court in addition to all other fees and court costs a local consolidated filing fee of:\n(1) $213 on filing any civil case except a probate, guardianship, or mental health case; and\n(2) $35 on any action other than an original action for a case subject to Subdivision (1), including any counterclaim, cross-action, intervention, contempt action, interpleader, motion for new trial, motion to reinstate, or third-party action.\n(b) The county treasurer shall allocate the fees received under Subsection (a)(1) to the following accounts and funds so that each receives to the extent practicable, utilizing historical data as applicable, the same amount of money the account or fund would have received if the fees for the accounts and funds had been collected and reported separately, except that the account or fund may not receive less than the following percentages:\n(c) The county treasurer shall allocate the fees received under Subsection (a)(2) to the following accounts and funds so that each receives to the extent practicable, utilizing historical data as applicable, the same amount of money the account or fund would have received if the fees for the accounts and funds had been collected and reported separately, except that the account or fund may not receive less than the following percentages:\nAdded by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 472 (S.B. 41), Sec. 1.03, eff. January 1, 2022.\nAmended by:\nActs 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 256 (S.B. 1612), Sec. 23, eff. January 1, 2024.\nActs 2025, 89th Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 7 (H.B. 16), Sec. 7.22, eff. December 4, 2025.","path":["LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 4. FINANCES","SUBTITLE C. FINANCIAL PROVISIONS APPLYING TO MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT","CHAPTER 135. CIVIL FEES PAYABLE TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT","SUBCHAPTER C. LOCAL CIVIL FEES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.135.htm#135.101","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:27Z","sha256":"16b8f6eeb3736c4c76493e31a079d0cab73a46a6ea1229e0b41966cba938779f","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-135.052","next":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-135.102"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}