Floor Packet Page No. 602                                                   

	
Amend CSHB 4 on page 86, between lines 13 and 14, by inserting 
the following new SECTION, appropriately numbered, and renumbering 
subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
	SECTION 10.__.  Subchapter C, Section 71.035(a), Texas 
Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
	(a)  The council shall gather judicial statistics and other 
pertinent information from the several state judges and other court 
officials of this state.
		(1)  [In addition, t ]  The council shall implement a 
monthly tracking system to ensure accountability for the counties 
and courts which participate in the statewide integrated system for 
child support and medical support enforcement established under 
Section 231.001, Family Code.  As a duty of office, the district 
clerks and county clerks serving the affected courts shall report 
monthly such information as may be required by the counsel, 
including, at a minimum, the time required to enforce cases from 
date of delinquency, from date of filing, and from date of service 
until date of disposition.  Such information as is necessary to 
complete the report and not directly within the control of the 
district or county clerk, such as date of delinquency, shall be 
provided to the clerk by the child support registry or by the 
enforcement agency providing Title IV-D enforcement services in the 
court.  The monthly report shall be transmitted to the Office of 
Court Administration of the Texas Judicial System no later than the 
20th day of the month following the month reported, in such form as 
may be prescribed by the Office of Court Administration, which may 
include electronic data transfer.  Copies of such reports shall be 
maintained in the office of the appropriate district or county 
clerk for a period of at least two years and shall be available to 
the public for inspection and reproduction.
		  (2)  The council shall implement a monthly tracking 
system for civil cases involving injury or damage involving motor 
vehicle, other than motor vehicle, health care liability claims, 
premises liability, class actions, and products liability, to 
include medical devices and pharmaceuticals.  As a duty of office, 
the district clerks and county clerks serving the affected courts 
shall report monthly such information as may be required by the 
council, including, at a minimum, the number of cases filed 
involving injury or damage involving motor vehicle, the number of 
cases filed involving injury or damage other than motor vehicle, 
the number of cases filed involving health care liability claims, 
the number of cases filed involving premises liability, the number 
of cases filed involving class actions, and the number of cases 
filed involving products liability.  The monthly report shall be 
transmitted to the Office of Court Administration of the Texas 
Judicial System no later than the 20th day of the month following 
the month reported, in such form as may be prescribed by the Office 
of Court Administration, which may include electronic data 
transfer.  Copies of such reports shall be maintained in the office 
of the appropriate district or county clerk for a period of at least 
two years and shall be available to the public for inspection and 
reproduction.