HB 3765

relating to the cost of requesting  electronic copies of documents
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1.  Section 51.318(b), Government Code, is amended
(1)  for issuing a subpoena, including one copy ......
(2)  for issuing a citation, commission for deposition,
writ of execution, order of sale, writ of execution and order of
sale, writ of injunction, writ of garnishment, writ of attachment,
or writ of sequestration, or any other writ or process not otherwise
provided for, including one copy if required by law ...... $8;
(3)  for searching files or records to locate a cause
when the docket number is not provided or to ascertain the existence
of an instrument or record in the district clerk's office ...... $5;
(4)  for abstracting a judgment ...... $8;
(5)  for preparation of the clerk's record on appeal,
for each page or part of a page ...... $1;
(6)  for approving a bond ...... $5;
(7)  for a certified copy of a record, judgment, order,
pleading, or paper on file or of record in the district clerk's
(A)  including certificate and seal ...... $5; and
(B)  for each page or part of a page:
(i)  printed on paper ...... $1; or
(ii)  that is a paper document converted to
electronic format ...... $1; [or
[(iii)  that is an electronic copy of an
[(a)  for a document up to 10 pages in
[(b)  for each page or part of a page
(A)  printed on paper, for each page or part of a
(B)  that is a paper document converted to
electronic format, for each page or part of a page ...... $1; and
[(C)  that is an electronic copy of an electronic
[(i)  for each document up to 10 pages in
[(ii)  for each page or part of a page over
(9)  for preparation of the clerk's record of transfer
under Sections 33.105 and 1023.006, Estates Code, Section 155.207,
Family Code, and Sections 51.3071 and 51.403 of this code:
(A)  for the clerk's transfer certificate and
(B)  for each page or part of a page of a case
record up to 10 pages in length ...... $1.00; and
(C)  for each page or part of a page of a case
record over 10 pages ...... $0.10.
SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.