By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 1911
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
designated by the Office of Court Administration of the Texas
Judicial System in consultation with Texas Access to Justice
Commission. The designated website shall include information about
(1) lawyer referral services certified under chapter 952
Occupations Code, (2) references or links to the names and
locations of local Legal Aid offices, and (3) information about
court affiliated self-help centers that serve the county in which
the court is located; and
B) The State Law Library.
(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 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