Bill Text: TX SB417 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to reports to the Office of Court Administration of the Texas Judicial System on certain cases filed in justice and municipal courts.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-09 - Referred to Jurisprudence [SB417 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB417-Introduced.html
87R1030 TSS-D | ||
By: Miles | S.B. No. 417 |
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relating to reports to the Office of Court Administration of the | ||
Texas Judicial System on certain cases filed in justice and | ||
municipal courts. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. The heading to Subchapter E, Chapter 72, | ||
Government Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
SUBCHAPTER E. COURT PERFORMANCE AND OTHER REPORTS [ |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter E, Chapter 72, Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 72.0831 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 72.0831. JUSTICE AND MUNICIPAL COURTS. (a) Each | ||
justice and municipal court shall annually report to the office for | ||
each criminal case filed with the court during the reporting year: | ||
(1) the offense charged; | ||
(2) the final disposition of the case; and | ||
(3) the defendant's race or ethnicity, as reported in | ||
the citation, affidavit establishing probable cause, or offense | ||
report filed with the case. | ||
(b) Each justice court shall annually report to the office | ||
for each residential eviction suit filed with the court during the | ||
reporting year: | ||
(1) the final disposition of the case; and | ||
(2) the defendant's race or ethnicity, as reported to | ||
the court by the defendant or, if the defendant does not report the | ||
defendant's race or ethnicity, the fact that the defendant prefers | ||
not to report the defendant's race or ethnicity. | ||
(c) The office shall adopt rules prescribing the form and | ||
manner of submission of the reports required by this section and the | ||
dates on which those reports are due each year. | ||
(d) A report made under this section is confidential and not | ||
subject to disclosure under Chapter 552. | ||
SECTION 3. As soon as practicable after the effective date | ||
of this Act, the Office of Court Administration of the Texas | ||
Judicial System shall adopt rules implementing Section 72.0831, | ||
Government Code, as added by this Act. | ||
SECTION 4. 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, 2021. |