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.