1. Public hearing regarding the District Court Records Archive Preservation & Restoration Plan, in accordance with Texas Government Code §51.305(f).
2. Discussion, consideration, & approval of the District Court Records Archive Preservation & Restoration Plan, pursuant to Texas Government Code §51.305.
3. Approval of 2019 appropriation of funds for the District Clerk Record Archive in the amount of $58,475.82 to fund archival imaging & indexing of case files.

Pursuant to Texas Government Code §51.305, the commissioners court of Hidalgo County adopted in December 2013 a district court records archive fee of not more than $10 for the filing of a suit, including an appeal from an inferior court, or a cross-action, counterclaim, intervention, contempt action, motion for new trial, or third-party petition, in a district court in the county as part of the county's annual budget. The district clerk in a county that adopts a fee under this section shall prepare an annual written plan for the preservation and restoration of the district court records archive.

Money in the district court records technology fund may be expended only as provided by the plan. All expenditures from the records technology fund must comply with Subchapter C, Chapter 262, Local Government Code. Public Hearing Notice was published in The Monitor on November 17, 2019  in accordance with the law.