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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the authority of a district clerk to collect certain |
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fees for providing electronic copies of court records. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 51.318, Government Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (f) to read as follows: |
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(f) Notwithstanding Subsection (b)(8), the district clerk |
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may not charge a fee for a noncertified electronic copy of any |
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electronic document on file or of record in the clerk's office, |
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unless the copy is provided in a bulk distribution. In this |
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subsection, "bulk distribution" means the distribution of all or a |
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significant subset of the electronic records on file or of record in |
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the clerk's office. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act does not |
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affect a fee that became payable before the effective date of this |
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Act. A fee that became payable before the effective date of this Act |
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is governed by the law in effect when the fee became payable, and |
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the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |