By: Canales (Senate Sponsor - Hinojosa) H.B. No. 349

(In the Senate - Received from the House April 22, 2013; April 24, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Jurisprudence; May 16, 2013, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 16, 2013, sent to printer.)

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to electronically filing any court document in a criminal case in Hidalgo County.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 24.194, Government Code, is amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:

(d) A party in a criminal case before the court may electronically file any required court document. The court shall implement the statewide electronic court filing system to assist a party in electronic filing.

SECTION 2. Section 24.195, Government Code, is amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:

(d) A party in a criminal case before the court may electronically file any required court document. The court shall implement the statewide electronic court filing system to assist a party in electronic filing.

SECTION 3. Section 24.241, Government Code, is amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:

(d) A party in a criminal case before the court may electronically file any required court document. The court shall implement the statewide electronic court filing system to assist a party in electronic filing.

SECTION 4. Section 24.385, Government Code, is amended by adding Subsection (b) to read as follows:

(b) A party in a criminal case before the court may electronically file any required court document. The court shall implement the statewide electronic court filing system to assist a party in electronic filing.

SECTION 5. Section 24.452, Government Code, is amended by adding Subsection (b) to read as follows:

(b) A party in a criminal case before the court may electronically file any required court document. The court shall implement the statewide electronic court filing system to assist a party in electronic filing.

SECTION 6. Section 24.478, Government Code, is amended by adding Subsection (b) to read as follows:

(b) A party in a criminal case before the court may electronically file any required court document. The court shall implement the statewide electronic court filing system to assist a party in electronic filing.

SECTION 7. Section 24.515, Government Code, is amended by adding Subsection (b) to read as follows:

(b) A party in a criminal case before the court may electronically file any required court document. The court shall implement the statewide electronic court filing system to assist a party in electronic filing.

SECTION 8. Section 24.534, Government Code, is amended by adding Subsection (b) to read as follows:

(b) A party in a criminal case before the court may electronically file any required court document. The court shall implement the statewide electronic court filing system to assist a party in electronic filing.

SECTION 9. Section 24.543, Government Code, is amended by adding Subsection (b) to read as follows:

(b) A party in a criminal case before the court may electronically file any required court document. The court shall implement the statewide electronic court filing system to assist a party in electronic filing.

SECTION 10. Section 24.574, Government Code, is amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:

(c) A party in a criminal case before the court may electronically file any required court document. The court shall implement the statewide electronic court filing system to assist a party in electronic filing.

SECTION 11. Section 24.593, Government Code, is amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:

(c) A party in a criminal case before the court may electronically file any required court document. The court shall implement the statewide electronic court filing system to assist a party in electronic filing.

SECTION 12. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.

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