SRC-JLB S.B. 452 78(R)   BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research Center   S.B. 452
78R4272 JRD-DBy: Hinojosa
Jurisprudence
2/27/2003
As Filed


DIGEST AND PURPOSE 

Currently, a legislator who asks for and receives a legislative
continuance in a criminal or civil suit does not have to keep a record of
the continuance, and a person has to go to the courthouse for said record.
As proposed, S.B. 452 adds Section 30.003(g) to the Civil Practice and
Remedies Code to provide that a court order granting a continuance to a
legislator under Section 30.003 is public information. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to
a state officer, institution, or agency. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 30.003, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, by
adding Subsection (g), to provide that a court order granting an
application for a continuance under this section and any other court
document showing that an application for a continuance was granted under
this section, including a copy of the order or other document, is
considered to be public information for purposes of Section 552.002,
Government Code, if the document or copy is maintained by a member of the
legislature or for a member of the legislature and the member owns the
document or copy or has a right of access to it. 

SECTION 2.  Makes application of this Act prospective.

SECTION 3.  Effective date:  September 1, 2003.