1. (a) At the end of each state fiscal year, the comptroller shall determine:

   1. (1) the amounts deposited in the judicial fund under Section 133.151(c)(1), Local Government Code, from statutory probate courts fees remitted under Section 133.151(a)(1), Local Government Code, either:

      1. (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
      2. (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. (2) the sum of the amount paid under Section 25.0022(e) and the total amounts paid to the counties under Section 25.00211.
2. (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), the comptroller shall remit the excess proportionately to each county that contributed a greater amount to 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.
3. (b) The amounts remitted under Subsection (a) shall be paid to the county treasury for deposit in the contributions fund created under Section 25.00213.

Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1572, Sec. 2, eff. Oct. 1, 1999.

Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1263, Sec. 7, eff. Sept. 1, 2001;

Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1443, Sec. 2, eff. June 17, 2001.

Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 718 (H.B. 2359), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2007.

Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 472 (S.B. 41), Sec. 2.03, eff. January 1, 2022.

Acts 2025, 89th Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 7 (H.B. 16), Sec. 2.05, eff. December 4, 2025.