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County attorney outlines e-filing mandate, caseload and potential scanner needs
Summary
County Attorney Laura told commissioners e-filing will be mandatory July 1, 2014, and the office may need additional Acrobat licenses and scanning equipment; she reported roughly 20 pending lawsuits (mostly against the county), caseload counts for protective orders and mental-commitment matters, and said she will provide outside-counsel spending history on request.
Nueces County Attorney Laura briefed the Commissioners Court on June 17 about departmental operations, the transition to mandatory e-filing and current litigation.
Laura said state-level mandatory e-filing takes effect July 1 and the office has ordered Acrobat software and run trial e-filing tests for protective orders, CPS and civil matters. She cautioned about operational glitches…
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