SECTION 171.11. Annual Performance Measure Reporting

(a) Pursuant to Sec. 72.083(b) of the Government Code, the district clerk and county clerk of each county who maintains the records for the district courts and county courts shall annually submit to OCA in the manner required by OCA the following activity for each district court, statutory county court, statutory probate court, and constitutional county court in the county:

(1) the court's clearance rate defined as the number of cases disposed of by a court divided by the number of cases added to the docket of the court;

(2) the average time a case is before the court from filing to disposition; and

(3) the age of the court's active pending caseload.

(b) The reporting time period for the first annual report due to OCA under this section must, at a minimum, include the information collected from March 1, 2024 through August 31, 2024.

Source Note: The provisions of this §171.11 adopted to be effective February 29, 2024, 49 TexReg 1041