H.B. No. 1182         AN ACT   relating to judicial statistics and other pertinent information   gathered by the Texas Judicial Council and certain populous   counties.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 71.035, Government Code, is amended by   amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (a-1), (a-2), and   (a-3) to read as follows:          (a)  The council shall gather judicial statistics and other   pertinent information, including for each trial court in this state   monthly court activity statistics and case-level information on the   amount and character of the business transacted by the court, from   the several state judges and other court officials of this state.     The monthly information gathered by the council for each trial   court in a county with a population of at least one million must   include, but is not limited to:                (1)  the number of cases assigned to the court;                (2)  the case clearance rate for the court;                (3)  the number of cases disposed by the court;                (4)  the number of jury panels empaneled for the court;                (5)  the number of orders of continuance for an   attorney before the court or by the court;                (6)  the number of pleas accepted by the court;                (7)  the number of cases tried by the judge of the court   or before a jury; and                (8)  the number of cases tried before a visiting or   associate judge of the court.          (a-1)  The [In addition, the] council shall implement a   monthly tracking system to ensure accountability for counties and   courts which participate in the statewide integrated system for   child support, medical support, and dental support enforcement   established under Section 231.0011, Family Code.  As a duty of   office, the district clerks and county clerks serving the affected   courts shall report monthly such information as may be required by   the council, including, at a minimum, the time required to enforce   cases from date of delinquency, from date of filing, and from date   of service until date of disposition. Such information as is   necessary to complete the report and not directly within the   control of the district or county clerk, such as date of   delinquency, shall be provided to the clerk by the child support   registry or by the enforcement agency providing Title IV-D   enforcement services in the court.          (a-2)  A [The] monthly report required by Subsection (a) or   (a-1) must [shall] be transmitted to the Office of Court   Administration of the Texas Judicial System no later than the 20th   day of the month following the month reported, in the [such] form   and manner [as may be] prescribed by the office [Office of Court   Administration], which may include electronic data transfer.  The   office shall publish the information for each court on the office's   public Internet website in a searchable format.          (a-3)  In a county with a population greater than one   million, a court official for each court in the county shall submit   to the appropriate county official for publication on the county's   public Internet website a copy of each monthly report required   under Subsections (a) and (a-1) within the time required by   Subsection (a-2). The county shall publish the information for   each court on the county's Internet website in a searchable format   [Copies of such reports shall be maintained in the office of the   appropriate district or county clerk for a period of at least two   years and shall be available to the public for inspection and   reproduction].          SECTION 2.  As soon as practicable after the effective date   of this Act, the Texas Judicial Council shall adopt any rules   necessary to implement the changes in law made by this Act.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.       ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                   I certify that H.B. No. 1182 was passed by the House on April   27, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 133, Nays 16, 1 present, not   voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.   No. 1182 on May 25, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 127, Nays 15,   3 present, not voting.     ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House               I certify that H.B. No. 1182 was passed by the Senate, with   amendments, on May 23, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 28, Nays   3.     ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate      APPROVED: __________________                   Date                       __________________                 Governor