SECTION 171.6. Constitutional County Courts Reports

(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 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. 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 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.

Source Note: The provisions of this §171.6 adopted to be effective June 18, 2008, 33 TexReg 4663; amended to be effective September 1, 2016, 41 TexReg 5037; amended to be effective February 6, 2020, 45 TexReg 889