By: Carona S.B. No. 886

(In the Senate - Filed February 23, 2011; March 1, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on Jurisprudence; March 14, 2011, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; March 14, 2011, sent to printer.)

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. Subsection (c), Section 34.03, 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.

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