Bill Text: TX HB1027 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to notice of self-help resources on the Internet website of a state court and in the court building.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-06 - Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence [HB1027 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-HB1027-Introduced.html

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85R6338 YDB-D
By: Hernandez H.B. No. 1027

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to notice of self-help resources on the Internet website
of a state court and in the court building.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter I, Chapter 51, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 51.808 to read as follows:
Sec. 51.808. NOTICE OF SELF-HELP RESOURCES. (a) The clerk
of each court in this state shall:
(1) post on the court's Internet website a link to:
(A) the self-help resources Internet website of
the Office of Court Administration of the Texas Judicial System;
(B) the Lawyer Referral and Information Service
of the State Bar of Texas;
(C) any local lawyer referral service serving the
county in which the court is located; and
(D) the Internet website and contact information
of any legal aid or pro bono organization that provides free legal
services to indigent persons in the county in which the court is
located; and
(2) conspicuously display in the building in which the
court is located, at a location frequently accessed by the public, a
sign with the information described in Subdivision (1).
(b) The Office of Court Administration of the Texas Judicial
System shall prescribe the format for the information required
under Subsection (a).
SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date
of this Act, the Office of Court Administration of the Texas
Judicial System shall prescribe the format of the information
required under Section 51.808, Government Code, as added by this
Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.