| 12 | | - | SECTION 1. Section 71.035(a), Government Code, is amended |
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| 13 | | - | to read as follows: |
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| 14 | | - | (a) The council shall gather judicial statistics and other |
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| 15 | | - | pertinent information, including case-level information on the |
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| 16 | | - | amount and character of the business transacted by courts, from the |
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| 17 | | - | several state judges and other court officials of this state. In |
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| 18 | | - | addition, the council shall implement a monthly tracking system to |
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| 19 | | - | ensure accountability for counties and courts which participate in |
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| 20 | | - | the statewide integrated system for child support, medical support, |
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| 21 | | - | and dental support enforcement established under Section 231.0011, |
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| 22 | | - | Family Code. As a duty of office, the district clerks and county |
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| 23 | | - | clerks serving the affected courts shall report monthly such |
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| 24 | | - | information as may be required by the council, including, at a |
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| 25 | | - | minimum, the time required to enforce cases from date of |
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| 26 | | - | delinquency, from date of filing, and from date of service until |
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| 27 | | - | date of disposition. Such information as is necessary to complete |
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| 28 | | - | the report and not directly within the control of the district or |
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| 29 | | - | county clerk, such as date of delinquency, shall be provided to the |
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| 30 | | - | clerk by the child support registry or by the enforcement agency |
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| 31 | | - | providing Title IV-D enforcement services in the court. The |
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| 32 | | - | monthly report shall be transmitted to the Office of Court |
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| 33 | | - | Administration of the Texas Judicial System no later than the 20th |
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| 34 | | - | day of the month following the month reported, in such form as may |
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| 35 | | - | be prescribed by the Office of Court Administration, which may |
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| 36 | | - | include electronic data transfer. Copies of such reports shall be |
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| 37 | | - | maintained in the office of the appropriate district or county |
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| 38 | | - | clerk for a period of at least two years and shall be available to |
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| 39 | | - | the public for inspection and reproduction. |
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| 9 | + | SECTION 1. Section 71.035, Subchapter C, Chapter 71, |
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| 10 | + | Government Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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| 11 | + | Sec. 71.035. STATISTICS; ENFORCEMENT BY MANDAMUS. (a) The |
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| 12 | + | council shall gather judicial statistics, including case level data |
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| 13 | + | describing the amount and character of business conducted, and |
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| 14 | + | other pertinent information from the several state judges and other |
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| 15 | + | court officials of this state. In addition, the council shall |
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| 16 | + | implement a monthly tracking system to ensure accountability for |
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| 17 | + | counties and courts which participate in the statewide integrated |
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| 18 | + | system for child support, medical support, and dental support |
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| 19 | + | enforcement established under Section 231.0011, Family Code. As a |
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| 20 | + | duty of office, the district clerks and county clerks serving the |
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| 21 | + | affected courts shall report monthly such information as may be |
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| 22 | + | required by the council, including, at a minimum, the time required |
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| 23 | + | to enforce cases from date of delinquency, from date of filing, and |
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| 24 | + | from date of service until date of disposition. Such information as |
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| 25 | + | is necessary to complete the report and not directly within the |
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| 26 | + | control of the district or county clerk, such as date of |
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| 27 | + | delinquency, shall be provided to the clerk by the child support |
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| 28 | + | registry or by the enforcement agency providing Title IV-D |
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| 29 | + | enforcement services in the court. The monthly report shall be |
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| 30 | + | transmitted to the Office of Court Administration of the Texas |
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| 31 | + | Judicial System no later than the 20th day of the month following |
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| 32 | + | the month reported, in such form as may be prescribed by the Office |
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| 33 | + | of Court Administration, which may include electronic data |
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| 34 | + | transfer. Copies of such reports shall be maintained in the office |
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| 35 | + | of the appropriate district or county clerk for a period of at least |
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| 36 | + | two years and shall be available to the public for inspection and |
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| 37 | + | reproduction. |
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