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Committee:	Senate Jurisprudence
Title:	Interim Report
Library Catalog Title:	Senate Committee on Jurisprudence interim report : report the 80th Legislature
Subjects:	Alternative dispute resolution | Child support | County courts | Court costs and fees | Court records | Court reporters | Debt collection | Fines | Guardianship | Legal fees | Probate courts | Probation |
Library Call Number:	L1836.79 J979
Session:	79th R.S. (2005)
Online version:	View report [121 pages  File size: 5,464 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Examine and make recommendations relating to the jurisdiction of statutory county courts, including the development of standardized language for Chapter 25, Government Code, to confer specific types of jurisdiction on statutory county courts and to ensure the statutes are clear and concise.
2.	Examine and make recommendations to improve court oversight of fiduciaries appointed to make financial and personal decisions for wards as well as those appointed to administer an estate or trust.
3.	Study and make recommendations relating to the use and cost benefits of electronic recording as an alternative method of preserving records of official court proceedings.
4.	Monitor the implementation of SB 1863, 79th R.S., specifically the Collection Improvement Program, which seeks to improve the collection of criminal court fees, fines and costs. Make recommendations to increase the effectiveness of the Collection Improvement Program and determine if any statutory changes are necessary.
5.	Study and make recommendations relating to the possible uses and need for statutory directives regarding the use of collaborative law procedures.
6.	Review statutes, regulations, guidelines, and formulas relating to child support and make recommendations, if necessary, to ensure adequate support, including educational expenses, for children.
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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