Bill Text: TX HB981 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the production of the index of the parties to all suits by the clerk of a district court.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-25 - Left pending in committee [HB981 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB981-Introduced.html
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| By: Harless | H.B. No. 981 | |
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| relating to the production of the index of the parties to all suits | ||
| by the clerk of a district court. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 51.303, Government Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: | ||
| (d) On application by any person, the clerk of a district | ||
| court shall promptly produce the index of the parties to all suits | ||
| for inspection or copying. If the index is in an electronic form, | ||
| the clerk shall provide an electronic copy for a fee set in | ||
| accordance with the rules prescribed by the attorney general that | ||
| are applicable to the provision of electronic copies of public | ||
| information. | ||
| SECTION 2. Subchapter D, Chapter 101, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 101.06111 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 101.06111. ADDITIONAL DISTRICT COURT FEES: GOVERNMENT | ||
| CODE. The clerk of a district court shall collect a fee for | ||
| providing an electronic copy of the index of the parties to all | ||
| suits under Section 51.303, Government Code, in an amount set in | ||
| accordance with the rules prescribed by the attorney general that | ||
| are applicable to the provision of electronic copies of public | ||
| information. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
