Bill Text: TX SB1911 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Relating to the provision of certain self-help resources by state and county courts, including through the Internet website of a state court and in the office of the court clerk.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-12 - Effective on 9/1/17 [SB1911 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB1911-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Relating to the provision of certain self-help resources by state and county courts, including through the Internet website of a state court and in the office of the court clerk.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-12 - Effective on 9/1/17 [SB1911 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB1911-Engrossed.html
By: Zaffirini, Garcia | S.B. No. 1911 |
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relating to posting notice of self-help resources on the Internet | ||
website of a state court and in the office of the court clerk. | ||
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, if any, a | ||
link to: | ||
(A) the self-help resources Internet website | ||
designated by the Office of Court Administration of the Texas | ||
Judicial System, in consultation with the Texas Access to Justice | ||
Commission, that includes information on: | ||
(i) lawyer referral services certified | ||
under Chapter 952, Occupations Code; | ||
(ii) the name, location, and any Internet | ||
website of any local legal aid office; and | ||
(iii) any court-affiliated self-help | ||
center serving the county in which the court is located; and | ||
(B) the State Law Library's Internet website; and | ||
(2) conspicuously display in the clerk's office in 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. |