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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the retention, storage, and destruction of certain |
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court documents. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 441, Government Code, is amended by |
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adding Subchapter B to read as follows: |
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SUBCHAPTER B. COURT DOCUMENTS |
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Sec. 441.025. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: |
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(1) "Commission" means the Texas State Library and |
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Archives Commission. |
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(2) "Court document" means any instrument, document, |
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paper, or other record filed with, otherwise presented to, or |
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produced by a court in this state. |
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Sec. 441.026. RETENTION, STORAGE, AND DESTRUCTION OF |
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CERTAIN COURT DOCUMENTS. (a) The commission shall adopt rules for |
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the retention, storage, and destruction of a court document filed |
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with, otherwise presented to, or produced by a court in this state |
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before January 1, 1951. |
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(b) A court in this state may not destroy a court document |
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described by Subsection (a) except as provided by rules of the |
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commission. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |