85R6338 YDB-D     By: Hernandez H.B. No. 1027       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to notice of self-help resources on the Internet website   of a state court and in the court building.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter I, Chapter 51, Government Code, is   amended by adding Section 51.808 to read as follows:          Sec. 51.808.  NOTICE OF SELF-HELP RESOURCES. (a) The clerk   of each court in this state shall:                (1)  post on the court's Internet website a link to:                      (A)  the self-help resources Internet website of   the Office of Court Administration of the Texas Judicial System;                      (B)  the Lawyer Referral and Information Service   of the State Bar of Texas;                      (C)  any local lawyer referral service serving the   county in which the court is located; and                       (D)  the Internet website and contact information   of any legal aid or pro bono organization that provides free legal   services to indigent persons in the county in which the court is   located; and                (2)  conspicuously display in the building in which the   court is located, at a location frequently accessed by the public, a   sign with the information described in Subdivision (1).          (b)  The Office of Court Administration of the Texas Judicial   System shall prescribe the format for the information required   under Subsection (a).          SECTION 2.  As soon as practicable after the effective date   of this Act, the Office of Court Administration of the Texas   Judicial System shall prescribe the format of the information   required under Section 51.808, Government Code, as added by this   Act.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.