Bill Text: TX HB841 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to certain judicial statistics and related information gathered by the Texas Judicial Council.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-2)
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-10 - Effective on 9/1/23 [HB841 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB841-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 841 | ||
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| relating to certain judicial statistics and related information | ||
| gathered by the Texas Judicial Council. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 71.035(a), Government Code, is amended | ||
| to read as follows: | ||
| (a) The council shall gather judicial statistics and other | ||
| pertinent information, including case-level information on the | ||
| amount and character of the business transacted by courts, from the | ||
| several state judges and other court officials of this state. In | ||
| addition, the council shall implement a 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. The | ||
| monthly report shall be transmitted to the Office of Court | ||
| Administration of the Texas Judicial System no later than the 20th | ||
| day of the month following the month reported, in such form as may | ||
| be prescribed by the Office of Court Administration, which may | ||
| include electronic data transfer. Copies of such reports shall be | ||
| maintained in the office of the appropriate district or county | ||
| clerk for a period of at least two years and shall be available to | ||
| the public for inspection and reproduction. | ||
| SECTION 2. The Texas Judicial Council shall adopt rules | ||
| necessary to implement 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. 841 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 28, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 133, Nays 13, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 841 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 17, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
