Bill Text: TX HB929 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the execution docket and other records of certain court clerks.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-04-04 - Left pending in committee [HB929 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB929-Introduced.html
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By: Darby | H.B. No. 929 |
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relating to the execution docket and other records of certain court | ||
clerks. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 30, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 30.018 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 30.018. COURT CLERK'S EXECUTION DOCKET. (a) The clerk | ||
of a court who is required to enter information into an execution | ||
docket under the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure or other law may | ||
enter and maintain the information in an electronic format that | ||
allows the information to be retrieved on the same basis as | ||
information would be retrieved manually using an index or | ||
cross-index to the docket that is otherwise required by law. | ||
(b) Notwithstanding Section 22.004, Government Code, the | ||
supreme court may not amend or adopt rules in conflict with this | ||
section. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 34.03(c), Tax Code, is amended to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(c) The clerk shall note on the execution docket in each | ||
case the amount of the excess proceeds, the date they were received, | ||
and the date they were transmitted to the taxing units | ||
participating in the sale. Any local government record data may be | ||
stored electronically in addition to or instead of source documents | ||
in paper or other media. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |