84R14350 YDB-D
By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 1369
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to reports on attorney ad litem appointments made by
courts in this state.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subtitle B, Title 2, Government Code, is amended
by adding Chapter 36 to read as follows:
CHAPTER 36. JUDICIAL REPORTS
Sec. 36.001. APPLICABILITY; CONFLICT OF LAW. (a) This
chapter applies to a judge of any court in this state created by the
Texas Constitution, by statute, or as authorized by statute.
(b) To the extent of a conflict between this chapter and a
specific provision relating to a judge or court, this chapter
controls.
Sec. 36.002. REPORT ON ATTORNEY AD LITEM APPOINTMENTS. (a)
In addition to a report required by other state law or rule, the
judge of each court in this state that appointed an attorney ad
litem for a case before the court in the preceding state fiscal year
shall prepare a report on:
(1) the name of each attorney appointed by the court as
an attorney ad litem for a case in that year;
(2) the rate and total amount of compensation paid to
each attorney ad litem appointed by the court in that year; and
(3) the number of hours each attorney served as an
attorney ad litem for the appointed case in that year.
(b) A court shall, not later than November 1 of each year,
prepare the report required under Subsection (a) and post the
report at the courthouse door of the county in which the court is
located and on any Internet website of the court.
SECTION 2. Chapter 36, Government Code, as added by this
Act, applies beginning with the state fiscal year that begins
September 1, 2015.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.