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Sponsor says electronic notice will save counties time and money
Summary
House Bill 1142 would let county clerks notify bail agents electronically instead of certified mail; sponsor said attorneys already receive electronic notice on MEC and that MEC can support bail-agent notices, and the committee advanced the bill.
Representative Owen told the committee House Bill 1142 "will just bring us to the 21st century and allow the counties to notify the bail agents via electronic notice or personal notice." He said certified mail is costly for counties and that attorneys already receive electronic notices through MEC.
Members asked whether MEC would be the central repository for notices; the sponsor said MEC can host the notices and in the interim email would suffice as drafted. The clerk's association was described as supporting the change. The committee advanced the bill by voice vote with no recorded roll-call.
