H.B. No. 1989

	AN ACT
	relating to the fees assessed by a district clerk for copies of
	certain court documents.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 51.318, Government Code, is amended by
	amending Subsection (e) and adding Subsection (f) to read as
	follows:
	(e)  The district clerk may not charge [United States
	Immigration and Customs Enforcement or United States Citizenship
	and Immigration Services] a fee for a copy of any document on file
	or of record in the clerk's office relating to an individual's
	criminal history, regardless of whether the document is certified,
	to:
	(1)  United States Immigration and Customs
	Enforcement;
	(2)  United States Citizenship and Immigration
	Services; or
	(3)  a criminal justice agency that requests the
	document for a criminal justice purpose, including a request to
	determine an individual's eligibility to purchase a firearm.
	(f)  In this section, "criminal justice agency" and
	"criminal justice purpose" have the meanings assigned by Section
	411.082.
	SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
	to a fee for a copy of a court document requested on or after the
	effective date of this Act.  A fee for a copy of a court document
	requested before the effective date of this Act is governed by the
	law in effect when the copy was requested, and the former law is
	continued in effect for that purpose.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 1989 was passed by the House on April
	26, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 143, Nays 1, 1 present, not
	voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 1989 was passed by the Senate on May
	15, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED:  _____________________
	Date
	_____________________
	Governor