85R4460 YDB-D
By: Farrar H.B. No. 1532
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to posting notice of self-help resources on the Internet
website of a state court and in the office of the court clerk.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter I, Chapter 51, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 51.808 to read as follows:
Sec. 51.808. NOTICE OF SELF-HELP RESOURCES. (a) The clerk
of each court in this state shall:
(1) post on the court's Internet website, if any, a
link to:
(A) the self-help resources Internet website of
the Office of Court Administration of the Texas Judicial System
described in Subsection (b);
(B) the Lawyer Referral and Information Service
of the State Bar of Texas and any local lawyer referral service
serving the county in which the court is located;
(C) the Internet website of any legal aid or pro
bono organization that provides free legal services to indigent
persons in the county in which the court is located; and
(D) any court-affiliated self-help center
serving the county in which the court is located; and
(2) conspicuously display in the clerk's office in a
location frequently accessed by the public a sign with the
information described in Subdivision (1).
(b) The Office of Court Administration of the Texas Judicial
System shall develop and maintain a self-help resources Internet
website that includes information on and links to:
(1) the Lawyer Referral and Information Service of the
State Bar of Texas;
(2) the Referral Directory Legal Services and Other
Resources for Low-Income Texans of the State Bar of Texas;
(3) the State Law Library;
(4) the self-help website for this state's electronic
filing system;
(5) the programs and services section on the Internet
website of the supreme court; and
(6) any other self-help resource approved by the
office.
(c) The Office of Court Administration of the Texas Judicial
System shall prescribe the format for the information required
under Subsection (a).
SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date
of this Act, the Office of Court Administration of the Texas
Judicial System shall prescribe the format of the information
required under Section 51.808, Government Code, as added by this
Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.