By: Hegar	S.B. No. 1228
	(In the Senate - Filed March 7, 2011; March 16, 2011, read
	first time and referred to Committee on Jurisprudence;
	March 30, 2011, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 7,
	Nays 0; March 30, 2011, sent to printer.)

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the duties of district clerks regarding certain
	electronic filing systems.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Article 2.21, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
	amended by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
	(a-1)  A district clerk is exempt from the requirements of
	Subsections (a)(4) and (5) if the electronic filing system used by
	the clerk for accepting electronic documents or electronic digital
	media from an attorney representing the state does not have the
	capability of accepting electronic filings from a defendant and the
	system was established or procured before June 1, 2009. If the
	electronic filing system described by this subsection is
	substantially upgraded or is replaced with a new system, the
	exemption provided by this subsection is no longer applicable.
	SECTION 2.  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, 2011.
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