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1	1	H.B. No. 1182
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4	4	AN ACT
5	5	relating to judicial statistics and other pertinent information
6	6	gathered by the Texas Judicial Council and certain populous
7	7	counties.
8	8	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	9	SECTION 1. Section 71.035, Government Code, is amended by
10	10	amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (a-1), (a-2), and
11	11	(a-3) to read as follows:
12	12	(a) The council shall gather judicial statistics and other
13	13	pertinent information, including for each trial court in this state
14	14	monthly court activity statistics and case-level information on the
15	15	amount and character of the business transacted by the court, from
16	16	the several state judges and other court officials of this state.
17	17	The monthly information gathered by the council for each trial
18	18	court in a county with a population of at least one million must
19	19	include, but is not limited to:
20	20	(1) the number of cases assigned to the court;
21	21	(2) the case clearance rate for the court;
22	22	(3) the number of cases disposed by the court;
23	23	(4) the number of jury panels empaneled for the court;
24	24	(5) the number of orders of continuance for an
25	25	attorney before the court or by the court;
26	26	(6) the number of pleas accepted by the court;
27	27	(7) the number of cases tried by the judge of the court
28	28	or before a jury; and
29	29	(8) the number of cases tried before a visiting or
30	30	associate judge of the court.
31	31	(a-1) The [In addition, the] council shall implement a
32	32	monthly tracking system to ensure accountability for counties and
33	33	courts which participate in the statewide integrated system for
34	34	child support, medical support, and dental support enforcement
35	35	established under Section 231.0011, Family Code. As a duty of
36	36	office, the district clerks and county clerks serving the affected
37	37	courts shall report monthly such information as may be required by
38	38	the council, including, at a minimum, the time required to enforce
39	39	cases from date of delinquency, from date of filing, and from date
40	40	of service until date of disposition. Such information as is
41	41	necessary to complete the report and not directly within the
42	42	control of the district or county clerk, such as date of
43	43	delinquency, shall be provided to the clerk by the child support
44	44	registry or by the enforcement agency providing Title IV-D
45	45	enforcement services in the court.
46	46	(a-2) A [The] monthly report required by Subsection (a) or
47	47	(a-1) must [shall] be transmitted to the Office of Court
48	48	Administration of the Texas Judicial System no later than the 20th
49	49	day of the month following the month reported, in the [such] form
50	50	and manner [as may be] prescribed by the office [Office of Court
51	51	Administration], which may include electronic data transfer. The
52	52	office shall publish the information for each court on the office's
53	53	public Internet website in a searchable format.
54	54	(a-3) In a county with a population greater than one
55	55	million, a court official for each court in the county shall submit
56	56	to the appropriate county official for publication on the county's
57	57	public Internet website a copy of each monthly report required
58	58	under Subsections (a) and (a-1) within the time required by
59	59	Subsection (a-2). The county shall publish the information for
60	60	each court on the county's Internet website in a searchable format
61	61	[Copies of such reports shall be maintained in the office of the
62	62	appropriate district or county clerk for a period of at least two
63	63	years and shall be available to the public for inspection and
64	64	reproduction].
65	65	SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date
66	66	of this Act, the Texas Judicial Council shall adopt any rules
67	67	necessary to implement the changes in law made by this Act.
68	68	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
69	69	______________________________ ______________________________
70	70	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
71	71	I certify that H.B. No. 1182 was passed by the House on April
72	72	27, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 133, Nays 16, 1 present, not
73	73	voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
74	74	No. 1182 on May 25, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 127, Nays 15,
75	75	3 present, not voting.
76	76	______________________________
77	77	Chief Clerk of the House
78	78	I certify that H.B. No. 1182 was passed by the Senate, with
79	79	amendments, on May 23, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 28, Nays
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81	81	______________________________
82	82	Secretary of the Senate
83	83	APPROVED: __________________
84	84	Date
85	85	__________________
86	86	Governor