Bill Text: TX SB967 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the authority of a district clerk to collect certain fees for providing electronic copies of court records.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-10 - Referred to State Affairs [SB967 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SB967-Introduced.html
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| By: Bettencourt | S.B. No. 967 | |
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| relating to the authority of a district clerk to collect certain | ||
| fees for providing electronic copies of court records. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 51.318, Government Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (f) to read as follows: | ||
| (f) Notwithstanding Subsection (b)(8), the district clerk | ||
| may not charge a fee for a noncertified electronic copy of any | ||
| electronic document on file or of record in the clerk's office, | ||
| unless the copy is provided in a bulk distribution. In this | ||
| subsection, "bulk distribution" means the distribution of all or a | ||
| significant subset of the electronic records on file or of record in | ||
| the clerk's office. | ||
| SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act does not | ||
| affect a fee that became payable before the effective date of this | ||
| Act. A fee that became payable before the effective date of this Act | ||
| is governed by the law in effect when the fee became payable, and | ||
| the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
