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| 1 | 1 | By: Hegar S.B. No. 1228 | |
| 2 | 2 | (Jackson) | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the duties of district clerks regarding certain | |
| 8 | 8 | electronic filing systems. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Article 2.21, Code of Criminal Procedure, is | |
| 11 | 11 | amended by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (a-1) A district clerk is exempt from the requirements of | |
| 13 | 13 | Subsections (a)(4) and (5) if the electronic filing system used by | |
| 14 | 14 | the clerk for accepting electronic documents or electronic digital | |
| 15 | 15 | media from an attorney representing the state does not have the | |
| 16 | 16 | capability of accepting electronic filings from a defendant and the | |
| 17 | 17 | system was established or procured before June 1, 2009. If the | |
| 18 | 18 | electronic filing system described by this subsection is | |
| 19 | 19 | substantially upgraded or is replaced with a new system, the | |
| 20 | 20 | exemption provided by this subsection is no longer applicable. | |
| 21 | 21 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 22 | 22 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 23 | 23 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 24 | 24 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 25 | 25 | Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |