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House Bill 1435 |
House Author: Darby |
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Effective: 9-1-13 |
Senate Sponsor: Seliger |
House Bill 1435 amends the Code of Criminal Procedure to authorize a victim assistance coordinator, on request, to provide a court clerk with information or other assistance necessary for the clerk to comply with certain victim notification requirements.
House Bill 1435 removes the Family Code provision making it a Class C misdemeanor offense for the clerk of a court exercising jurisdiction over a juvenile offender's case to fail to report the case's disposition to the Department of Public Safety. The bill also amends the Family Code to make the requirement for the clerk of a court issuing a protective order against certain military personnel to provide a copy of the order to specified military authorities conditional on the applicant providing the applicable mailing address to the clerk.
House Bill 1435 amends the Government Code to require a party to a litigation who files a legal challenge to the constitutionality of a Texas statute to file a form, to be adopted by the Office of Court Administration, indicating the applicable pleading to be served on the attorney general.
House Bill 1435 amends the Health and Safety Code to remove the provision exempting the council of governments for an area in which a former municipal solid waste unit was located from certain notice requirements and the provision requiring a county clerk to record certain descriptions and notices regarding the relevant land. The bill instead specifies the descriptions and notices that a council's notification to the county clerk must include, requires the county clerk to record the submitted descriptions and notices, and authorizes the county clerk to prescribe the method of arranging and indexing the descriptions and notices.