82R5227 AJA-F
 
  By: Darby H.B. No. 929
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the execution docket and other records of certain court
  clerks.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Chapter 30, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, is
  amended by adding Section 30.018 to read as follows:
         Sec. 30.018.  COURT CLERK'S EXECUTION DOCKET.  (a) The clerk
  of a court who is required to enter information into an execution
  docket under the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure or other law may
  enter and maintain the information in an electronic format that
  allows the information to be retrieved on the same basis as
  information would be retrieved manually using an index or
  cross-index to the docket that is otherwise required by law.
         (b)  Notwithstanding Section 22.004, Government Code, the
  supreme court may not amend or adopt rules in conflict with this
  section.
         SECTION 2.  Section 34.03(c), Tax Code, is amended to read as
  follows:
         (c)  The clerk shall note on the execution docket in each
  case the amount of the excess proceeds, the date they were received,
  and the date they were transmitted to the taxing units
  participating in the sale. Any local government record data may be
  stored electronically in addition to or instead of source documents
  in paper or other media.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.