House Committee on Judicial Affairs - 67th R.S. (1981)

Committee:	House Judicial Affairs
Title:	Interim Report
Library Catalog Title:	Interim report of the Judicial Affairs Committee, Texas House of Representatives, the sixty-eighth legislative session.
Subjects:	Alternative dispute resolution | Appellate courts | County courts | Court congestion | District courts | Judges | Sovereign immunity | Trial courts |
Library Call Number:	L1836.67 j897
Session:	67th R.S. (1981)
Online version:	View report [148 pages  File size: 4,608 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Analyze, in cooperation with the Office of Court Administration of the Texas Judicial System, comparative needs related to court clerks, briefing attorneys, legal counselors, legal secretaries, and other specialized staff to study personnel needs of each of Texas' 14 courts of appeals.
2.	Investigate existing neighborhood dispute centers and report on their operations.
3.	Examine the current procedures used for resolutions to sue the state to determine if specific guidelines should be implemented.
4.	Study the alternative of creating a unified county courts at law system.
5.	Examine Texas' visiting judge program to determine if changes are necessary.
6.	Study methods to help equalize the caseloads of district judges in urban areas.
7.	Examine methods of reducing trial court delay.

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