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Senate Bill 1369 |
Senate Author: Zaffirini et al. |
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Effective: 9-1-15 |
House Sponsor: Smithee |
Senate Bill 1369 amends the Government Code to establish judicial reporting requirements, applicable beginning with the 2017 state fiscal year. The bill requires the clerk of each court in Texas to prepare a report on the court appointments for an attorney ad litem, guardian ad litem, guardian, mediator, or competency evaluator for a case before the court in the preceding month, provides certain exceptions from that requirement, and makes a court that fails to provide the information required for the report ineligible for an award of grant money for the next fiscal biennium. The bill requires the Office of Court Administration of the Texas Judicial System to prescribe the format used to report the required information, provides reporting requirements for a court that does not make any appointments in the preceding month, and requires the Texas Judicial Council to adopt rules to implement the reporting requirements. The bill provides for a study by the office of the feasibility of establishing a statewide uniform attorney ad litem billing system.