84R9921 CAE-D
By: Moody H.B. No. 3931
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the use of the justice court technology fund to convert
existing paper documents to electronic data.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Article 102.0173, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
amended by amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsection (d-1) to
read as follows:
(d) A fund designated by this article may be used as
provided by Subsection (d-1) or [only] to finance:
(1) the cost of continuing education and training for
justice court judges and clerks regarding technological
enhancements for justice courts; and
(2) the purchase and maintenance of technological
enhancements for a justice court, including:
(A) computer systems;
(B) computer networks;
(C) computer hardware;
(D) computer software;
(E) imaging systems;
(F) electronic kiosks;
(G) electronic ticket writers; and
(H) docket management systems.
(d-1) Each fiscal year the commissioners court may use 15
percent of the justice court technology fund to pay the salary and
overtime wages of an employee who is employed by the county to
convert existing paper documents to electronic format.
SECTION 2. 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, 2015.