By: Carona	S.B. No. 886
	(In the Senate - Filed February 23, 2011; March 1, 2011,
	read first time and referred to Committee on Jurisprudence;
	March 14, 2011, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 7,
	Nays 0; March 14, 2011, sent to printer.)

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	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.  Subsection (c), Section 34.03, 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.
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