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21 By: Leach H.B. No. 3611
3- Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3611:
4- By: Schofield C.S.H.B. No. 3611
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74 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
85 AN ACT
96 relating to remotely conducting court proceedings in this state.
107 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
11- SECTION 1. Section 21.009, Government Code, is amended by
12- adding Subdivision (5) to read as follows:
8+ ARTICLE 1. REMOTE PROCEEDINGS
9+ SECTION 1.001. Section 21.009, Government Code, is amended
10+ by adding Subdivision (5) to read as follows:
1311 (5) "Remote proceeding" means a proceeding before a
1412 court in which one or more of the participants, including a judge,
1513 party, attorney, witness, court reporter, juror, or other
1614 individual, attends the proceeding remotely through the use of
1715 technology and the Internet.
18- SECTION 2. Chapter 21, Government Code, is amended by
16+ SECTION 1.002. Chapter 21, Government Code, is amended by
1917 adding Section 21.013 to read as follows:
2018 Sec. 21.013. OPTION FOR REMOTE PROCEEDING. (a)
21- Notwithstanding any other law and except as limited by the United
22- States Constitution, the Texas Constitution, rules adopted by the
23- Texas Supreme Court, or this section, a court in this state as the
24- court determines appropriate, on the court's own motion or on the
25- motion of any party, may:
19+ Notwithstanding any other law, a court in this state on the court's
20+ own motion or on the motion of any party may:
2621 (1) conduct a hearing or other proceeding as a remote
27- proceeding; and
22+ proceeding without the consent of the parties unless the United
23+ States Constitution or Texas Constitution requires consent; and
2824 (2) allow or require a judge, party, attorney,
2925 witness, court reporter, juror, or any other individual to
3026 participate in a remote proceeding, including a deposition,
3127 hearing, trial, or other proceeding.
32- (b) A court that elects to conduct a remote proceeding must:
33- (1) provide adequate notice of the remote proceeding
34- to the parties to the proceeding;
35- (2) allow a party to file with the court a motion
36- objecting to the remote proceeding and requesting an in-person
37- proceeding not later than the 10th day after the date the party
38- receives the notice; and
39- (3) provide a method for a person described by
40- Subsection (a)(2) to notify the court that the person is unable to
41- participate in the remote proceeding because the person is a person
42- with a disability, lacks the required technology, or shows other
43- good cause and:
44- (A) provide an alternate method for the person to
45- participate that accommodates the disability, lack of technology,
46- or other situation;
47- (B) allow the person to appear in person; or
48- (C) conduct the proceeding as an in-person
49- proceeding.
50- (c) On the court's receipt from any party to a proceeding of
51- a motion objecting to the conduct of the proceeding as a remote
52- proceeding and requesting an in-person proceeding, the court shall
53- consider the motion and grant the motion for good cause shown.
54- (d) In any contested adversarial or contested evidentiary
55- criminal proceeding for an offense punishable by confinement, the
56- prosecutor and defendant must each agree for the proceeding to be
57- conducted as a remote proceeding. If the prosecutor or defendant
58- does not agree, the proceeding may not be held as a remote
59- proceeding.
60- (e) A district court, statutory county court, statutory
61- probate court, or county court may not conduct a jury trial as a
62- remote proceeding unless each party to the proceeding agrees to
63- conduct the proceeding as a remote proceeding.
64- (f) For a jury trial that is to be conducted as a remote
65- proceeding in a justice or municipal court, the court shall
66- consider on the record any motion or objection related to
67- proceeding with the trial not later than the seventh day before the
68- trial date, except that if the motion or objection is made later
69- than the seventh day before the trial date, the court must consider
70- the motion or objection on the record as soon as practicable.
71- (g) A court that conducts a jury trial as a remote
72- proceeding shall ensure all prospective jurors have access to the
28+ (b) In any criminal proceeding that under the United States
29+ Constitution or Texas Constitution requires the consent of the
30+ parties for the proceeding to be conducted as a remote proceeding,
31+ the prosecutor and defendant must each consent for the proceeding
32+ to be conducted as a remote proceeding. If the prosecutor or
33+ defendant does not consent, the proceeding may not be held as a
34+ remote proceeding.
35+ (c) For a jury trial that is to be conducted as a remote
36+ proceeding, a court shall:
37+ (1) consider on the record any motion or objection
38+ related to proceeding with the trial not later than the seventh day
39+ before the trial date, except that if the motion or objection is
40+ made later than the seventh day before the trial date, the court
41+ must consider the motion or objection on the record as soon as
42+ practicable; and
43+ (2) ensure all prospective jurors have access to the
7344 technology necessary to participate in the remote proceeding.
74- (h) A court that conducts a remote proceeding at a location
75- other than the location the court regularly conducts proceedings
76- must provide to the public reasonable notice of the location of the
77- remote proceeding and an opportunity to observe the remote
78- proceeding.
79- (i) The Office of Court Administration of the Texas Judicial
45+ (d) If a remote proceeding is conducted away from the
46+ court's usual location, the court must provide reasonable notice to
47+ the public and an opportunity to observe the proceeding.
48+ (e) The Office of Court Administration of the Texas Judicial
8049 System shall provide guidance and assistance to the extent possible
8150 to a court conducting a remote proceeding.
82- (j) For purposes of any law requiring notice or citation of
51+ (f) For purposes of any law requiring notice or citation of
8352 the time and place for a proceeding, notice of the remote means by
8453 which the proceeding will be conducted and the method for accessing
8554 the proceeding through that remote means constitutes notice of the
8655 place for the proceeding.
87- SECTION 3. The following provisions are repealed:
56+ ARTICLE 2. CONFORMING CHANGES
57+ SECTION 2.001. Section 30.012(a), Civil Practice and
58+ Remedies Code, is amended to read as follows:
59+ (a) Subject [With the agreement of the parties, and subject]
60+ to Section 21.013, Government Code [Subsection (b)], a trial judge
61+ may order that a hearing of a preliminary matter or witness
62+ testimony at trial may be conducted by electronic means, including
63+ satellite transmission, closed-circuit television transmission, or
64+ any other method of two-way electronic communication that is
65+ available to the parties, approved by the court, and capable of
66+ visually and audibly recording the proceedings.
67+ SECTION 2.002. Article 27.18(a), Code of Criminal
68+ Procedure, is amended to read as follows:
69+ (a) Subject to Section 21.013, Government Code, and
70+ notwithstanding [Notwithstanding] any provision of this code
71+ requiring that a plea or a waiver of a defendant's right be made in
72+ open court, a court may accept the plea or waiver by videoconference
73+ to the court if:
74+ (1) [the defendant and the attorney representing the
75+ state file with the court written consent to the use of
76+ videoconference;
77+ [(2)] the videoconference provides for a
78+ simultaneous, compressed full motion video, and interactive
79+ communication of image and sound between the judge, the attorney
80+ representing the state, the defendant, and the defendant's
81+ attorney; and
82+ (2) [(3)] on request of the defendant, the defendant
83+ and the defendant's attorney are able to communicate privately
84+ without being recorded or heard by the judge or the attorney
85+ representing the state.
86+ SECTION 2.003. Section 53.102(a), Estates Code, is amended
87+ to read as follows:
88+ (a) If a judge is unable to designate the time and place, or
89+ the time and remote means in accordance with Section 21.013,
90+ Government Code, for hearing a probate matter pending in the
91+ judge's court because the judge [is absent from the county seat or]
92+ is on vacation, disqualified, ill, or deceased, the county clerk of
93+ the county in which the matter is pending may:
94+ (1) designate the time and place, or the time and
95+ remote means in accordance with Section 21.013, Government Code,
96+ for the hearing;
97+ (2) enter the setting on the judge's docket; and
98+ (3) certify on the docket the reason that the judge is
99+ not acting to set the hearing.
100+ SECTION 2.004. Section 1053.102(a), Estates Code, is
101+ amended to read as follows:
102+ (a) If a judge is unable to designate the time and place, or
103+ the time and remote means in accordance with Section 21.013,
104+ Government Code, for hearing a guardianship proceeding pending in
105+ the judge's court because the judge [is absent from the county seat
106+ or] is on vacation, disqualified, ill, or deceased, the county
107+ clerk of the county in which the proceeding is pending may:
108+ (1) designate the time and place, or the time and
109+ remote means in accordance with Section 21.013, Government Code,
110+ for the hearing;
111+ (2) enter the setting on the judge's docket; and
112+ (3) certify on the docket the reason that the judge is
113+ not acting to set the hearing.
114+ SECTION 2.005. Section 1055.053, Estates Code, is amended
115+ to read as follows:
116+ Sec. 1055.053. LOCATION OR MEANS OF HEARING. (a) Except as
117+ provided by Subsection (b), the judge may hold a hearing on a
118+ guardianship proceeding involving an adult ward or adult proposed
119+ ward at any suitable location in the county in which the
120+ guardianship proceeding is pending or as a remote proceeding as
121+ authorized by Section 21.013, Government Code. The hearing should
122+ be held in a physical setting that is not likely to have a harmful
123+ effect on the ward or proposed ward.
124+ (b) On the request of the adult proposed ward, the adult
125+ ward, or the attorney of the proposed ward or ward, the hearing may
126+ not be held under the authority of this section at a place other
127+ than the courthouse except as authorized by Section 21.013,
128+ Government Code.
129+ SECTION 2.006. Section 51.115(c), Family Code, is amended
130+ to read as follows:
131+ (c) A person required under this section to attend a hearing
132+ is entitled to reasonable written or oral notice that includes a
133+ statement of the location of, subject to Section 21.013, Government
134+ Code, and the [place,] date[,] and time of, the hearing and that the
135+ attendance of the person is required. The notice may be included
136+ with or attached to any other notice required by this chapter to be
137+ given the person. Separate notice is not required for a disposition
138+ hearing that convenes on the adjournment of an adjudication
139+ hearing. If a person required under this section fails to attend a
140+ hearing, the juvenile court may proceed with the hearing.
141+ SECTION 2.007. Section 54.012(a), Family Code, is amended
142+ to read as follows:
143+ (a) Subject to Section 21.013, Government Code, a [A]
144+ detention hearing under Section 54.01 may be held using interactive
145+ video equipment if[:
146+ [(1) the child and the child's attorney agree to the
147+ video hearing; and
148+ [(2)] the parties to the proceeding have the
149+ opportunity to cross-examine witnesses.
150+ SECTION 2.008. Sections 22.202(a) and (g), Government Code,
151+ are amended to read as follows:
152+ (a) Subject to Section 21.013, the [The] Court of Appeals
153+ for the First Court of Appeals District shall be held in the City of
154+ Houston.
155+ (g) The First Court of Appeals may transact its business in
156+ any county in the First Court of Appeals District as the court
157+ determines necessary and convenient or as provided by Section
158+ 21.013.
159+ SECTION 2.009. Sections 22.203(a) and (b), Government Code,
160+ are amended to read as follows:
161+ (a) Subject to Section 21.013, the [The] Court of Appeals
162+ for the Second Court of Appeals District shall be held in the City
163+ of Fort Worth.
164+ (b) The court may transact its business in any county in the
165+ district as the court determines is necessary or convenient or as
166+ provided by Section 21.013.
167+ SECTION 2.010. Sections 22.204(a) and (b), Government Code,
168+ are amended to read as follows:
169+ (a) Subject to Section 21.013, the [The] Court of Appeals
170+ for the Third Court of Appeals District shall be held in the City of
171+ Austin.
172+ (b) The court may transact its business:
173+ (1) at the county seat of any of the counties within
174+ its district as the court determines is necessary and convenient,
175+ except that all cases originating in Travis County shall be heard
176+ and transacted in that county, subject to Subdivision (2); or
177+ (2) as provided by Section 21.013.
178+ SECTION 2.011. Section 22.205, Government Code, is amended
179+ to read as follows:
180+ Sec. 22.205. FOURTH COURT OF APPEALS. (a) Subject to
181+ Section 21.013, the [The] Court of Appeals for the Fourth Court of
182+ Appeals District shall be held in the City of San Antonio.
183+ (b) The court may transact its business:
184+ (1) at the county seat of any of the counties within
185+ its district, as the court determines is necessary and convenient,
186+ except that all cases originating in Bexar County that the court
187+ hears shall be heard and transacted in that county, subject to
188+ Subdivision (2); or
189+ (2) as provided by Section 21.013.
190+ SECTION 2.012. Sections 22.206(a) and (b), Government Code,
191+ are amended to read as follows:
192+ (a) Subject to Section 21.013, the [The] Court of Appeals
193+ for the Fifth Court of Appeals District shall be primarily held in
194+ the City of Dallas.
195+ (b) The court may transact its business in any county in the
196+ district as the court determines is necessary and convenient or as
197+ provided by Section 21.013.
198+ SECTION 2.013. Section 22.207, Government Code, is amended
199+ to read as follows:
200+ Sec. 22.207. SIXTH COURT OF APPEALS. (a) Subject to
201+ Section 21.013, the [The] Court of Appeals for the Sixth Court of
202+ Appeals District shall be held in the City of Texarkana.
203+ (b) The court may transact its business:
204+ (1) in the City of Texarkana or the county seat of any
205+ county in the district as the court determines is necessary or
206+ convenient, except that all cases originating in Bowie County shall
207+ be heard and transacted in the City of Texarkana, subject to
208+ Subdivision (2); or
209+ (2) as provided by Section 21.013.
210+ SECTION 2.014. Section 22.208, Government Code, is amended
211+ to read as follows:
212+ Sec. 22.208. SEVENTH COURT OF APPEALS. Subject to Section
213+ 21.013, the [The] Court of Appeals for the Seventh Court of Appeals
214+ District shall be held in the City of Amarillo.
215+ SECTION 2.015. Section 22.209, Government Code, is amended
216+ to read as follows:
217+ Sec. 22.209. EIGHTH COURT OF APPEALS. (a) Subject to
218+ Section 21.013, the [The] Court of Appeals for the Eighth Court of
219+ Appeals District shall be held in the City of El Paso.
220+ (b) The court may transact its business:
221+ (1) at the county seat of any county in the district as
222+ the court determines is necessary and convenient, except all cases
223+ originating in El Paso County shall be heard and transacted in that
224+ county, subject to Subdivision (2); or
225+ (2) as provided by Section 21.013.
226+ SECTION 2.016. Sections 22.210(a) and (c), Government Code,
227+ are amended to read as follows:
228+ (a) Subject to Section 21.013, the [The] Court of Appeals
229+ for the Ninth Court of Appeals District shall be held in the City of
230+ Beaumont.
231+ (c) The court may transact its business in the City of
232+ Beaumont or the county seat of any county in the district as the
233+ court determines is necessary or convenient, or as provided by
234+ Section 21.013.
235+ SECTION 2.017. Section 22.211(a), Government Code, is
236+ amended to read as follows:
237+ (a) Subject to Section 21.013, the [The] Court of Appeals
238+ for the Tenth Court of Appeals District shall be held in the City of
239+ Waco or in the county seat of any county located within the Tenth
240+ Court of Appeals District.
241+ SECTION 2.018. Sections 22.212(a) and (c), Government Code,
242+ are amended to read as follows:
243+ (a) Subject to Section 21.013, the [The] Court of Appeals
244+ for the Eleventh Court of Appeals District shall be held in the City
245+ of Eastland.
246+ (c) The court may transact its business in the City of
247+ Eastland or in any county in the district as the court determines is
248+ necessary or convenient, or as provided by Section 21.013.
249+ SECTION 2.019. Sections 22.213(a) and (c), Government Code,
250+ are amended to read as follows:
251+ (a) Subject to Section 21.013, the [The] Court of Appeals
252+ for the Twelfth Court of Appeals District shall be held in the City
253+ of Tyler.
254+ (c) The court may transact its business:
255+ (1) in the City of Tyler or at the county seat of any
256+ county in the district as the court determines is necessary or
257+ convenient, except that all cases originating in Smith County shall
258+ be heard and transacted in the City of Tyler, subject to Subdivision
259+ (2); or
260+ (2) as provided by Section 21.013.
261+ SECTION 2.020. Sections 22.214(a) and (c), Government Code,
262+ are amended to read as follows:
263+ (a) Subject to Section 21.013, the [The] Court of Appeals
264+ for the Thirteenth Court of Appeals District shall be held in the
265+ City of Corpus Christi and the City of Edinburg.
266+ (c) The court may transact its business:
267+ (1) subject to Subdivision (2), at the county seat of
268+ any county in the district as the court determines is necessary and
269+ convenient, except that:
270+ (A) [(1)] all cases originating in Nueces County
271+ shall be heard and transacted in Nueces County, subject to
272+ Subdivision (2); and
273+ (B) [(2)] all cases originating in Cameron,
274+ Hidalgo, or Willacy County shall be heard and transacted in
275+ Cameron, Hidalgo, or Willacy County, subject to Subdivision (2); or
276+ (2) as provided by Section 21.013.
277+ SECTION 2.021. Sections 22.215(a) and (c), Government Code,
278+ are amended to read as follows:
279+ (a) Subject to Section 21.013, the [The] Court of Appeals
280+ for the Fourteenth Court of Appeals District shall be held in the
281+ City of Houston.
282+ (c) The Fourteenth Court of Appeals may transact its
283+ business in any county in the First Court of Appeals District as the
284+ court determines necessary and convenient or as provided by Section
285+ 21.013.
286+ SECTION 2.022. Subchapter A, Chapter 24, Government Code,
287+ is amended by adding Section 24.0301 to read as follows:
288+ Sec. 24.0301. REMOTE PROCEEDINGS. Notwithstanding Section
289+ 24.030 or any other provision of this chapter requiring a district
290+ court to sit and conduct the court's proceedings in a specified
291+ county or municipality, a district court may conduct the court's
292+ proceedings as provided by Section 21.013.
293+ SECTION 2.023. Section 25.0001(a), Government Code, is
294+ amended to read as follows:
295+ (a) This subchapter applies to each statutory county court
296+ in this state. Except as provided by Section 25.00105, if [If] a
297+ provision of this subchapter conflicts with a specific provision
298+ for a particular court or county, the specific provision controls.
299+ SECTION 2.024. Subchapter A, Chapter 25, Government Code,
300+ is amended by adding Section 25.00105 to read as follows:
301+ Sec. 25.00105. REMOTE PROCEEDINGS. Notwithstanding any
302+ other law, including a specific provision in this chapter for a
303+ particular court or county that requires a statutory county court
304+ to sit and conduct the court's proceedings at the county seat, a
305+ statutory county court may conduct the court's proceedings as
306+ provided by Section 21.013.
307+ SECTION 2.025. Subchapter B, Chapter 25, Government Code,
308+ is amended by adding Section 25.00305 to read as follows:
309+ Sec. 25.00305. REMOTE PROCEEDINGS. Notwithstanding any
310+ other law, including a specific provision in this chapter for a
311+ particular court or county that requires a statutory probate court
312+ to sit and conduct the court's proceedings at the county seat, a
313+ statutory probate court may conduct the court's proceedings as
314+ provided by Section 21.013.
315+ SECTION 2.026. Section 26.002(c), Government Code, is
316+ amended to read as follows:
317+ (c) All terms of court must be held at the county seat,
318+ except that the court may conduct the court's proceedings as
319+ provided by Section 21.013.
320+ SECTION 2.027. Section 27.051(b), Government Code, is
321+ amended to read as follows:
322+ (b) Subject to Section 21.013:
323+ (1) each [Each] justice shall hold the regular term of
324+ court at the justice's office at times prescribed by the
325+ commissioners court; and
326+ (2) the[. The] commissioners court shall set the time
327+ and place for holding justice court.
328+ SECTION 2.028. Section 30.00001(c), Government Code, is
329+ amended to read as follows:
330+ (c) Except as provided by Section 30.00138(b)(2), if [If] a
331+ provision of this subchapter conflicts with a specific provision
332+ for a particular municipality, the specific provision controls.
333+ SECTION 2.029. Section 30.00138, Government Code, is
334+ amended to read as follows:
335+ Sec. 30.00138. TERM OF COURT. (a) The appellate court may
336+ sit for the transaction of business at any time during the year, and
337+ each term begins and ends with the calendar year.
338+ (b) The appellate court may:
339+ (1) use the city council chambers or other appropriate
340+ location as its courtroom for argument of cases and other court
341+ matters; or
342+ (2) conduct proceedings as provided by Section 21.013.
343+ SECTION 2.030. Sections 573.012(a) and (h), Health and
344+ Safety Code, are amended to read as follows:
345+ (a) Except as provided by Subsection (h) and Section 21.013,
346+ Government Code, an applicant for emergency detention must present
347+ the application personally to a judge or magistrate. The judge or
348+ magistrate shall examine the application and may interview the
349+ applicant. Except as provided by Subsection (g), the judge of a
350+ court with probate jurisdiction by administrative order may provide
351+ that the application must be:
352+ (1) presented personally to the court; or
353+ (2) retained by court staff and presented to another
354+ judge or magistrate as soon as is practicable if the judge of the
355+ court is not available at the time the application is presented.
356+ (h) A judge or magistrate may permit an applicant [who is a
357+ physician] to present an application by:
358+ (1) e-mail with the application attached as a secure
359+ document in a portable document format (PDF); or
360+ (2) subject to Section 21.013, Government Code, secure
361+ electronic means, including:
362+ (A) satellite transmission;
363+ (B) closed-circuit television transmission; or
364+ (C) any other method of two-way electronic
365+ communication that:
366+ (i) is secure;
367+ (ii) is available to the judge or
368+ magistrate; and
369+ (iii) provides for a simultaneous,
370+ compressed full-motion video and interactive communication of
371+ image and sound between the judge or magistrate and the applicant.
372+ SECTION 2.031. Sections 574.031(a) and (b), Health and
373+ Safety Code, are amended to read as follows:
374+ (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the judge may hold
375+ a hearing on an application for court-ordered mental health
376+ services at any suitable location in the county or as a remote
377+ proceeding as authorized by Section 21.013, Government Code. The
378+ hearing should be held in a physical setting that is not likely to
379+ have a harmful effect on the proposed patient.
380+ (b) On the request of the proposed patient or the proposed
381+ patient's attorney the hearing on the application shall be held in
382+ the county courthouse except as authorized by Section 21.013,
383+ Government Code.
384+ SECTION 2.032. Section 574.203(a), Health and Safety Code,
385+ is amended to read as follows:
386+ (a) Subject to Section 21.013, Government Code, a [A]
387+ hearing may be conducted in accordance with this chapter but
388+ conducted by secure electronic means, including satellite
389+ transmission, closed-circuit television transmission, or any other
390+ method of two-way electronic communication that is secure,
391+ available to the parties, approved by the court, and capable of
392+ visually and audibly recording the proceedings, if:
393+ (1) [written consent to the use of a secure electronic
394+ communication method for the hearing is filed with the court by:
395+ [(A) the proposed patient or the attorney
396+ representing the proposed patient; and
397+ [(B) the county or district attorney, as
398+ appropriate;
399+ [(2)] the secure electronic communication method
400+ provides for a simultaneous, compressed full-motion video, and
401+ interactive communication of image and sound among the judge or
402+ associate judge, the county or district attorney, the attorney
403+ representing the proposed patient, and the proposed patient; and
404+ (2) [(3)] on request of the proposed patient or the
405+ attorney representing the proposed patient, the proposed patient
406+ and the attorney can communicate privately without being recorded
407+ or heard by the judge or associate judge or by the county or
408+ district attorney.
409+ SECTION 2.033. Section 292.001(d), Local Government Code,
410+ is amended to read as follows:
411+ (d) A justice of the peace court may not be housed or
412+ conducted in a building located outside the court's precinct except
413+ as provided by Section 21.013, 27.051(f), or 27.0515, Government
414+ Code, or unless the justice of the peace court is situated in the
415+ county courthouse in a county with a population of at least 275,000
416+ persons but no more than 285,000 persons.
417+ SECTION 2.034. The following provisions are repealed:
88418 (1) Section 30.012(b), Civil Practice and Remedies
89419 Code; and
90420 (2) Section 54.012(b), Family Code.
91- SECTION 4. As soon as practicable after the effective date
92- of this Act, the Texas Supreme Court shall adopt the rules necessary
93- to implement the changes in law made by this Act. Before adopting
94- the rules, the supreme court must consult with interested parties,
95- including prosecutors, criminal defense attorneys, judges, and
96- representatives from the State Bar of Texas and Disability Rights
97- Texas.
98- SECTION 5. The Texas Legislative Council, with the
99- assistance of the Office of Court Administration of the Texas
100- Judicial System, shall prepare for consideration by the 88th
101- Legislature a nonsubstantive revision of the statutes of this state
102- as necessary to reflect the changes in law made by this Act.
103- SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
421+ ARTICLE 3. EFFECTIVE DATE
422+ SECTION 3.001. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.