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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to notice of self-help resources on the Internet website |
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of a state court and in the court building. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter I, Chapter 51, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 51.808 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 51.808. NOTICE OF SELF-HELP RESOURCES. (a) The clerk |
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of each court in this state shall: |
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(1) post on the court's Internet website a link to: |
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(A) the self-help resources Internet website of |
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the Office of Court Administration of the Texas Judicial System; |
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(B) the Lawyer Referral and Information Service |
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of the State Bar of Texas; |
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(C) any local lawyer referral service serving the |
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county in which the court is located; and |
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(D) the Internet website and contact information |
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of any legal aid or pro bono organization that provides free legal |
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services to indigent persons in the county in which the court is |
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located; and |
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(2) conspicuously display in the building in which the |
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court is located, at a location frequently accessed by the public, a |
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sign with the information described in Subdivision (1). |
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(b) The Office of Court Administration of the Texas Judicial |
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System shall prescribe the format for the information required |
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under Subsection (a). |
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SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date |
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of this Act, the Office of Court Administration of the Texas |
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Judicial System shall prescribe the format of the information |
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required under Section 51.808, Government Code, as added by this |
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Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |