By: Patrick S.B. No. 753
(In the Senate - Filed February 22, 2013; February 26, 2013,
read first time and referred to Committee on Jurisprudence;
April 2, 2013, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; April 2, 2013,
sent to printer.)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 753 By: Paxton
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the production of the index of the parties to all suits
by the clerk of a district court.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 51.303, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
(d) On application by any person, the clerk of a district
court shall promptly produce the index of the parties to all suits,
or a portion of the index, not otherwise confidential by law for
inspection or copying. If the index is in an electronic form, the
clerk shall provide an electronic copy of the index or the portion
of the index for a fee set in accordance with the rules prescribed
by the attorney general that are applicable to the provision of
electronic copies of public information.
SECTION 2. Subchapter D, Chapter 101, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 101.06111 to read as follows:
Sec. 101.06111. ADDITIONAL DISTRICT COURT FEES: GOVERNMENT
CODE. The clerk of a district court shall collect a fee for
providing an electronic copy of the index of the parties to all
suits, or a portion of the index, not otherwise confidential by law
under Section 51.303, Government Code, in an amount set in
accordance with the rules prescribed by the attorney general that
are applicable to the provision of electronic copies of public
information.
SECTION 3. 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, 2013.
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