By: McCall H.B. No. 733
73R927 ESH-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the statement of fines and jury fees received by a
1-3 district clerk.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 51.303, Government Code, is amended to
1-6 read as follows:
1-7 Sec. 51.303. Duties and Powers. (a) The clerk of a
1-8 district court has custody of and shall carefully maintain and
1-9 arrange the records relating to or lawfully deposited in the
1-10 clerk's office.
1-11 (b) The clerk of a district court shall:
1-12 (1) record the acts and proceedings of the court;
1-13 (2) enter all judgments of the court under the
1-14 direction of the judge; and
1-15 (3) record all executions issued and the returns on
1-16 the executions.
1-17 (c) The district clerk shall keep an index of the parties to
1-18 all suits filed in the court. The index must list the parties
1-19 alphabetically using their full names and must be cross-referenced
1-20 to the other parties to the suit. In addition, a reference must be
1-21 made opposite each name to the minutes on which is entered the
1-22 judgment in the case.
1-23 (d) <On the last day of each term of the court, the district
1-24 clerk shall make a written statement of fines and jury fees
2-1 received. The statement must include the name of the party from
2-2 whom a fine or jury fee was received, the name of each juror who
2-3 served during the term, the number of days served, and the amount
2-4 due the juror for the services. The statement shall be recorded in
2-5 the minutes of the court after it is approved and signed by the
2-6 presiding judge.>
2-7 <(e)> The clerk of a district court may:
2-8 (1) take the depositions of witnesses; and
2-9 (2) perform other duties imposed on the clerk by law.
2-10 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1993.
2-11 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
2-12 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-13 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-14 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-15 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.