LeCroy v. Hanlon

SPEARS, Justice.

We are called upon to decide whether sections 31 and 32 of the Omnibus Fee Bill (House Bill 1593, 69th Leg., 1985), which direct $40 of a litigant’s district court filing fee to go to state general revenues, violate the Texas Constitution. The 237th District Court of Lubbock County held the act unconstitutional. The Attorney General, on behalf of the State of Texas, appealed directly to this court. Tex.Gov.Code § 22.-001(c) (Vernon’s Pamphlet 1986). We affirm the district court’s judgment, holding sections 31 and 32 violate the Texas Constitution’s caption requirement, Article…