By Solomons H.B. No. 2150 74R5375 MWV-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to publication of certain information regarding municipal 1-3 courts. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 29, Government Code, is 1-6 amended by adding Section 29.012 to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 29.012. ANNUAL PUBLISHED REPORT. (a) Each 1-8 municipality shall publish a report regarding the operations of its 1-9 municipal courts, including its municipal courts of record, if 1-10 applicable. 1-11 (b) The municipality shall publish the report not later than 1-12 the 30th day after the last day of the municipality's fiscal year. 1-13 (c) The municipality shall publish the report in a newspaper 1-14 of general circulation published in a county in which the 1-15 municipality is located. 1-16 (d) If a newspaper is not published in a county in which the 1-17 municipality is located, the municipality shall post the report for 1-18 at least 30 days in five or more public locations in the 1-19 municipality. 1-20 (e) Proof of publication of notice in a newspaper shall be 1-21 made by affidavit of the publisher accompanied by a printed copy of 1-22 the notice as published. 1-23 (f) Proof of posting may be made by the return of the 1-24 sheriff or a constable of a county in which the municipality is 2-1 located or by an affidavit of a credible person made on a copy of 2-2 the posted notice showing the fact of the posting. 2-3 (g) A municipality shall file a proof of publication or 2-4 proof of posting with the Office of Court Administration of the 2-5 Texas Judicial System not later than the 90th day after the last 2-6 day of the municipality's fiscal year. 2-7 (h) The municipality shall include in the report: 2-8 (1) the schedule of fines, if any, followed by each 2-9 judge for that municipality; 2-10 (2) a financial statement regarding the operation of 2-11 the courts; and 2-12 (3) the name, address, and telephone number of a 2-13 municipal official who may be contacted for information regarding 2-14 the municipal court. 2-15 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the 2-16 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-17 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-18 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-19 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 2-20 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 2-21 passage, and it is so enacted.