| (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.
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