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2013 SESSION

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HB 1451 Retention of case records; general district court.

Introduced by: J. Randall Minchew | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Retention of case records; general district court. Permits the chief judge of a general district court to direct the clerk of that court to destroy documents related to civil and criminal cases that have been ended for a period of three years, provided that they have been microfilmed or converted to an electronic format. Currently, such documents must be retained for 10 years. This bill is a recommendation of the Committee on District Courts. The bill is identical to SB 979.

FULL TEXT

• 12/27/12  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/13 13101000D  pdf
• 02/18/13  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1451ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 03/12/13  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0187)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

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HISTORY

• 12/27/12  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/13 13101000D
• 12/27/12  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 01/07/13  House: Assigned Courts sub: #2 Civil
• 01/09/13  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 1-N)
• 01/16/13  House: Reported from Courts of Justice (17-Y 1-N)
• 01/18/13  House: Read first time
• 01/21/13  House: Read second time and engrossed
• 01/22/13  House: Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N)
• 01/22/13  House: VOTE: PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N)
• 01/23/13  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 01/23/13  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 02/06/13  Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (14-Y 0-N)
• 02/08/13  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/11/13  Senate: Read third time
• 02/11/13  Senate: Reading of amendment waived
• 02/11/13  Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
• 02/11/13  Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 02/11/13  Senate: Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/12/13  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/13/13  House: Senate amendment agreed to by House (100-Y 0-N)
• 02/13/13  House: VOTE: ADOPTION (100-Y 0-N)
• 02/18/13  House: Enrolled
• 02/18/13  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1451ER)
• 02/18/13  House: Signed by Speaker
• 02/19/13  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/12/13  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 187 (effective 7/1/13)
• 03/12/13  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0187)