Texas Administrative Code
Title 1 - ADMINISTRATION
Part 8 - TEXAS JUDICIAL COUNCIL
Chapter 171 - REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
Section 171.6 - Constitutional County Courts Reports
Universal Citation: 1 TX Admin Code ยง 171.6
Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024
(a) Method. County clerks shall submit a court activity report of criminal, civil, juvenile, probate and guardianship, and mental health cases for each constitutional county court. Unless OCA grants a waiver for good cause, county clerks shall submit the reports by electronic means approved by the OCA. The maximum duration of a waiver is one year, but OCA may approve successive waivers.
(b) Reporting Categories.
(1) Criminal Cases.
(A) Criminal case type categories. The
monthly report contains the following categories of misdemeanor case types:
D.W.I.--first offense, D.W.I.--second offense, theft, theft by check, drug
possession--marijuana, drug offenses--other, family violence assault, other
assault, traffic, D.W.L.S./D.W.L.I., and other misdemeanor cases.
(B) Criminal case activity categories. The
monthly report contains sections for reporting cases on docket, dispositions,
supplemental information and additional court activity.
(C) Report of a request for a hate crime
finding. This section of the monthly report requests information pursuant to
Article
RSA 2.211
of the Code of Criminal Procedure.
(D) Other Case Activity Reporting. The clerk
shall also report the number of reports provided to the court under Art.
RSA
16.22(a)(1)(B) of the Code
of Criminal Procedure.
(2) Civil Cases.
(A) Civil case type categories. The monthly
report contains the following categories of civil cases: injury or
damage--motor vehicle, other injury or damage, real property,
contract--consumer/commercial/debt, contract--landlord/tenant, other contract,
civil cases relating to criminal matters, and all other civil cases.
(B) Civil case activity categories. The
monthly report contains sections for reporting cases on docket, dispositions
and additional court activity.
(3) Juvenile Cases.
(A) Juvenile case type categories. The
monthly report contains a category for C.I.N.S. cases and the following
categories of delinquent conduct cases: capital murder, murder, other
homicides, aggravated assault or attempted murder, assault, indecency with a
child or sexual assault, aggravated robbery or robbery, burglary, theft,
automobile theft, felony drug offenses, misdemeanor drug offenses, D.W.I.,
contempt of court, and all other offenses.
(B) Juvenile case activity categories. The
monthly report contains sections for reporting cases on docket, adjudications,
dispositions and additional court activity.
(4) Probate and Guardianship Cases.
(A) Probate and guardianship case type
categories. The monthly report contains the following categories for reporting
probate and guardianship case types: decedents' estates--independent
administration, decedents' estates--dependent administration, and all other
decedents' estate proceedings, guardianships--minor, guardianships--adult, and
other cases.
(B) Probate and
guardianship activity categories. The monthly report contains activity report
categories for cases on docket and additional information.
(5) Mental Health Cases.
(A) Mental health case type categories. The
monthly report contains the following categories for reporting mental health
cases: temporary mental health services, extended mental health services,
modification--inpatient to outpatient, modification--outpatient to inpatient,
and orders to authorize psychoactive medications.
(B) Mental health activity categories. The
monthly report contains the activity report categories for intake, hearings,
and other information.
(C) Mental
health commitments. Pursuant to Section
RSA 574.014 of
the Health and Safety Code, the clerk shall report the number of applications
for commitment orders for involuntary mental health services filed with the
court and the disposition of those cases, including the number of commitment
orders for inpatient and outpatient mental health
services.
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