BILL ANALYSIS H.B. 3205 By: Naishtat 4-28-95 Committee Report (Unamended) BACKGROUND Section 30.330 of the Texas Government Code relates to the manner in which the Clerk of the Municipal Court of Austin is required to file and maintain original complaints and other court papers. The existing statute provides that the clerk shall keep a separate folder for each case and note on the outside of the folder the style of the case, nature of the case and other pertinent information. This is a very laborious process as the Municipal Court of Austin maintains several hundred thousand cases and complaints each year. PURPOSE House Bill 3205 streamlines the record keeping process at the Austin Municipal Court. The bill applies only to the Clerk of the Municipal Court of Austin. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency or institution. SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS SECTION 1. Amends Section 30.330 (a) and (b) of the Government Code to allow the Clerk of the Municipal Court of Austin to maintain a file and other records for each case with pertinent court information and deletes the requirement of maintaining a separate folder for each case with pertinent court information on the outside of each folder. SECTION 2. Effective date. SECTION 3. Emergency clause. SUMMARY OF COMMITTEE ACTION Pursuant to a public notice posted on April 26, 1995, the Committee on Judicial Affairs met in a formal meeting on April 28, 1995, to consider H.B. 3205. The Chair laid out H.B. 3205 and explained the bill. Rep. Alonzo moved to report H.B. 3205 favorably back to the full House, without amendment, with the recommendation that it do pass, be printed and sent to the Committee on Local and Consent Calendars. The motion prevailed by the following record vote: 5 ayes, 0 nays, 0 PNV and 4 absent.