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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to regular reporting of district court workload. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 72, Government Code, is |
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amended by amending Section 72.039 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 72.039. DISTRICT COURT WORKLOAD ANALYSIS. (a) In this |
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section: |
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(1) "Judicial officer" means a district judge, |
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associate judge, master, magistrate, or referee; and |
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(2) "Clearance rate" has the same meaning as that term |
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is defined in Section 72.083. |
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(b) The office shall biennially conduct a district court |
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workload analysis by collecting information on the 30 most populous |
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counties in the state relating to: |
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(1) the number of estimated full-time equivalent |
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judicial officers working in the county in the preceding fiscal |
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year; |
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(2) the number of full-time equivalent judicial |
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officers needed in the county based on the most recent weighted |
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caseload study; |
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(3) the number of new case filings in each of the |
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preceding five fiscal years; |
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(4) the clearance rate of cases in each of the |
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preceding five fiscal years; |
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(5) the calendar year in which the last district court |
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was created by statute; and |
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(6) any other information identified by the director. |
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(c) No later than October 1st of every even-numbered year, |
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the office shall report to the governor, lieutenant governor, and |
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the members of the legislature the information collected under |
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Subsection (b). |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |