Bill Text: TX HB1182 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to judicial statistics and other pertinent information gathered by the Texas Judicial Council and certain populous counties.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-12 - Effective on 9/1/23 [HB1182 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB1182-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 1182 |
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relating to judicial statistics and other pertinent information | ||
gathered by the Texas Judicial Council and certain populous | ||
counties. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 71.035, Government Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (a-1), (a-2), and | ||
(a-3) to read as follows: | ||
(a) The council shall gather judicial statistics and other | ||
pertinent information, including for each trial court in this state | ||
monthly court activity statistics and case-level information on the | ||
amount and character of the business transacted by the court, from | ||
the several state judges and other court officials of this state. | ||
The monthly information gathered by the council for each trial | ||
court in a county with a population of at least one million must | ||
include, but is not limited to: | ||
(1) the number of cases assigned to the court; | ||
(2) the case clearance rate for the court; | ||
(3) the number of cases disposed by the court; | ||
(4) the number of jury panels empaneled for the court; | ||
(5) the number of orders of continuance for an | ||
attorney before the court or by the court; | ||
(6) the number of pleas accepted by the court; | ||
(7) the number of cases tried by the judge of the court | ||
or before a jury; and | ||
(8) the number of cases tried before a visiting or | ||
associate judge of the court. | ||
(a-1) The [ |
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monthly tracking system to ensure accountability for counties and | ||
courts which participate in the statewide integrated system for | ||
child support, medical support, and dental support enforcement | ||
established under Section 231.0011, Family Code. As a duty of | ||
office, the district clerks and county clerks serving the affected | ||
courts shall report monthly such information as may be required by | ||
the council, including, at a minimum, the time required to enforce | ||
cases from date of delinquency, from date of filing, and from date | ||
of service until date of disposition. Such information as is | ||
necessary to complete the report and not directly within the | ||
control of the district or county clerk, such as date of | ||
delinquency, shall be provided to the clerk by the child support | ||
registry or by the enforcement agency providing Title IV-D | ||
enforcement services in the court. | ||
(a-2) A [ |
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(a-1) must [ |
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Administration of the Texas Judicial System no later than the 20th | ||
day of the month following the month reported, in the [ |
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and manner [ |
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office shall publish the information for each court on the office's | ||
public Internet website in a searchable format. | ||
(a-3) In a county with a population greater than one | ||
million, a court official for each court in the county shall submit | ||
to the appropriate county official for publication on the county's | ||
public Internet website a copy of each monthly report required | ||
under Subsections (a) and (a-1) within the time required by | ||
Subsection (a-2). The county shall publish the information for | ||
each court on the county's Internet website in a searchable format | ||
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SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date | ||
of this Act, the Texas Judicial Council shall adopt any rules | ||
necessary to implement the changes in law made by this Act. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 1182 was passed by the House on April | ||
27, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 133, Nays 16, 1 present, not | ||
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. | ||
No. 1182 on May 25, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 127, Nays 15, | ||
3 present, not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 1182 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
amendments, on May 23, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 28, Nays | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: __________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |