(a) Method. Each municipal court shall submit a municipal
court activity report of the criminal and civil or administrative
cases in the court. Unless OCA grants a waiver for good cause, the
court shall submit the reports by electronic means approved by OCA.
The maximum duration of a waiver is one year, but OCA may approve
successive waivers.
(b) Reporting Categories.
(1) Criminal case type categories. The monthly report
contains the following categories of criminal case types: traffic
misdemeanors--subdivided into non-parking, parking, and city ordinance
offenses; and non-traffic misdemeanors--subdivided into Penal Code
violations, other state law violations, and city ordinance violations.
(2) Civil/administrative case type category. The monthly
report contains a civil/administrative case type category for civil
or administrative cases.
(3) Juvenile/minor activity. The monthly report contains
a section for reporting court activity related to juveniles and minors.
Pursuant to Section 71.0352 of the Government Code, the report must
include:
(A) the number of cases filed for:
(i) truant conduct under Sec. 65.003(a), Family Code;
and
(ii) the offense of parent contributing to nonattendance
under Sec. 25.093, Education Code; and
(B) in cases in which a child fails to obey an order
of the court under circumstances that would constitute contempt of
court, the number of incidents in which a child is:
(i) referred to juvenile court for delinquent conduct
as provided under Art. 45.050(c)(1), Code of Criminal Procedure, or
Sec. 65.251, Family Code; or
(ii) held in contempt, fined, or denied driving privileges
as provided by Art. 45.050(c)(2), Code of Criminal Procedure, or Sec.
65.251, Family Code.
(4) Additional activity. The monthly report contains
a section for reporting additional court activity such as magistrate
activities and information on fines, court costs and fees collected
or otherwise satisfied.
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