78R11593 AKH-D


By:  Casteel                                                      H.B. No. 3081

Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3081:                                   

By:  Chisum                                                   C.S.H.B. No. 3081



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to records and proceedings held in auxiliary facilities 
outside certain county seats.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 292, Local Government 
Code, is amended by adding Section 292.0025 to read as follows:
	Sec. 292.0025.  FACILITIES OUTSIDE COUNTY SEAT IN CERTAIN 
COUNTIES. (a)  This section applies only to a county that has a 
population of 18,000 or less.
	(b)  The commissioners court of a county may provide an 
auxiliary court, office building, or jail facility at a location in 
the county and within five miles of the boundaries of the county 
seat in the same manner that is applicable to a court, building, or 
facility at the county seat.  The commissioners court may provide 
for the building or facility through the issuance of bonds as 
provided under Section 292.002 and may provide office space in the 
building or facility for any county or precinct office.
	(c)  The auxiliary court may be used for the holding of court 
proceedings, including district court proceedings.  For the purpose 
of the court proceedings, the commissioners court may designate the 
location of the auxiliary court as an auxiliary county seat.
	(d)  The records of a county officer who is provided space at 
a court, building, or facility under this section and the records of 
the auxiliary court may be kept at the court, building, or facility.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2003.