Bill Text: TX SB937 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to county law libraries.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-20 - Left pending in committee [SB937 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-SB937-Introduced.html
  85R5579 JTS-F
 
  By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 937
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to county law libraries.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 323.021, Local Government Code, is
  amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to
  read as follows:
         (a)  The commissioners court of a county by order may
  establish and maintain a county law library at the county seat or
  another location determined by the commissioners court.
         (c)  The commissioners court of a county may establish,
  maintain, and operate in cooperation with other counties a joint
  free county law library for the benefit of the cooperating counties
  in the same manner that a joint county library may be established
  and operated under Section 323.010. 
         SECTION 2.  Section 323.023(b), Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (b)  The clerks of the respective courts shall collect the
  costs and pay them to the county treasurer, or to any other official
  who discharges the duties commonly delegated to the county
  treasurer, for deposit in a fund to be known as the county law
  library fund. The fund may be used only for:
               (1)  establishing the law library after the entry of
  the order creating it;
               (2)  purchasing or leasing library materials,
  maintaining the library, or acquiring furniture, shelving, or
  equipment for the library; [or]
               (3)  purchasing or leasing library materials or
  acquiring library equipment, including computers, software, and
  subscriptions to obtain access to electronic research networks for
  use by judges in the county; or
               (4)  establishing and maintaining a self-help center to
  provide resources to county residents representing themselves in
  legal matters.
         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, 2017.
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