| 1 | 1 | | By: Patrick S.B. No. 753 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (In the Senate - Filed February 22, 2013; February 26, 2013, |
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| 3 | 3 | | read first time and referred to Committee on Jurisprudence; |
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| 4 | 4 | | April 2, 2013, reported adversely, with favorable Committee |
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| 5 | 5 | | Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; April 2, 2013, |
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| 6 | 6 | | sent to printer.) |
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| 7 | 7 | | COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 753 By: Paxton |
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| 10 | 10 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 11 | 11 | | AN ACT |
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| 12 | 12 | | relating to the production of the index of the parties to all suits |
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| 13 | 13 | | by the clerk of a district court. |
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| 14 | 14 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 15 | 15 | | SECTION 1. Section 51.303, Government Code, is amended by |
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| 16 | 16 | | adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: |
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| 17 | 17 | | (d) On application by any person, the clerk of a district |
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| 18 | 18 | | court shall promptly produce the index of the parties to all suits, |
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| 19 | 19 | | or a portion of the index, not otherwise confidential by law for |
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| 20 | 20 | | inspection or copying. If the index is in an electronic form, the |
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| 21 | 21 | | clerk shall provide an electronic copy of the index or the portion |
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| 22 | 22 | | of the index for a fee set in accordance with the rules prescribed |
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| 23 | 23 | | by the attorney general that are applicable to the provision of |
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| 24 | 24 | | electronic copies of public information. |
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| 25 | 25 | | SECTION 2. Subchapter D, Chapter 101, Government Code, is |
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| 26 | 26 | | amended by adding Section 101.06111 to read as follows: |
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| 27 | 27 | | Sec. 101.06111. ADDITIONAL DISTRICT COURT FEES: GOVERNMENT |
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| 28 | 28 | | CODE. The clerk of a district court shall collect a fee for |
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| 29 | 29 | | providing an electronic copy of the index of the parties to all |
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| 30 | 30 | | suits, or a portion of the index, not otherwise confidential by law |
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| 31 | 31 | | under Section 51.303, Government Code, in an amount set in |
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| 32 | 32 | | accordance with the rules prescribed by the attorney general that |
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| 33 | 33 | | are applicable to the provision of electronic copies of public |
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| 34 | 34 | | information. |
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| 35 | 35 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 36 | 36 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 37 | 37 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 38 | 38 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 39 | 39 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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| 40 | 40 | | * * * * * |
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