BILL ANALYSIS


                                                        S.B. 1610
                                                   By: Barrientos
                                      Intergovernmental Relations
                                                          4-27-95
                                     Committee Report (Unamended)
BACKGROUND

Section 30.330, 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 a laborious process because the municipal court
of Austin maintains several hundred thousand cases and complaints
each year.

PURPOSE

As proposed, S.B. 1610 sets forth the manner in which the clerk of
the Municipal Court of Austin is required to file and maintain
original complaints and other court papers.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not grant any
additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, institution, or
agency.

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1. Amends Section 30.330, Government Code, as follows:

     (a)  Makes a nonsubstantive change.
     
     (b)  Requires the clerk of a municipal court of record to keep
     a file and other records for each case which contains at least
     certain pertinent facts of the case.
     
     SECTION 2.     Effective date:  September 1, 1995.

SECTION 3. Emergency clause.