H.B. No. 587
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the recording and availability of certain court
  documents.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Article 20.02, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
  amended by adding Subsection (h) to read as follows:
         (h)  A subpoena or summons relating to a grand jury
  proceeding or investigation must be kept secret to the extent and
  for as long as necessary to prevent the unauthorized disclosure of a
  matter before the grand jury. This subsection may not be construed
  to limit a disclosure permitted by Subsection (c), (d), or (e).
         SECTION 2.  Article 20.22, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Art. 20.22.  PRESENTMENT ENTERED OF RECORD. The fact of a
  presentment of indictment by a grand jury shall be entered upon the
  record [minutes] of the court, if the defendant is in custody or
  under bond, noting briefly the style of the criminal action and the
  file number of the indictment and the defendant's name. If the
  defendant is not in custody or under bond at the time of the
  presentment of indictment, the entry in the record [minutes] of the
  court relating to said indictment shall be delayed until such time
  as the capias is served and the defendant is placed in custody or
  under bond.
         SECTION 3.  Article 33.07, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Art. 33.07.  RECORD OF CRIMINAL ACTIONS [DOCKET]. Each
  clerk of a court of record having criminal jurisdiction shall keep a
  record [docket] in which shall be set down the style and file number
  of each criminal action, the nature of the offense, the names of
  counsel, the proceedings had therein, and the date of each
  proceeding.
         SECTION 4.  Section 12.014(c), Property Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (c)  If a transfer of a judgment is filed, the clerk shall
  record the transfer appropriately [note the transfer on the margin
  of the minute book at the place where the judgment is recorded]. If
  a transfer of a cause of action in which a judgment has not been
  rendered is filed, the clerk shall note and briefly state the
  substance of the transfer on the court docket at the place where the
  suit is entered.
         SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 587 was passed by the House on March
  22, 2007, by the following vote:  Yeas 146, Nays 0, 1 present, not
  voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
  No. 587 on May 21, 2007, by the following vote:  Yeas 142, Nays 0, 2
  present, not voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 587 was passed by the Senate, with
  amendments, on May 17, 2007, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays
  0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate   
  APPROVED: __________________
                  Date       
   
           __________________
                Governor