Bill Text: TX HB1859 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the production of the index of the parties to all suits by the clerk of a district court; authorizing a fee.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-11 - Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence [HB1859 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB1859-Introduced.html
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| By: Harless | H.B. No. 1859 | |
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| relating to the production of the index of the parties to all suits | ||
| by the clerk of a district court; authorizing a fee. | ||
| 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, | ||
| or a portion of the index, not otherwise confidential by law for | ||
| inspection or copying. If the index is in an electronic form, the | ||
| clerk shall provide an electronic copy of the index or the portion | ||
| of the index 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, or a portion of the index, not otherwise confidential by law | ||
| 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, 2015. | ||
