SB0328: CIVIL LAW-TECH

Legislative Summary

Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that if a clerk's office rejects an electronically submitted document for any of the reasons stated in the Electronic Filing Rejection Standards as provided by the Supreme Court Rules, the later filing of the original document with the error or errors corrected relates back to the earlier date of the electronic submission of the original document. Provides that any submission of a corrected original document must be made within 7 business days of the date that the clerk's office served notice upon the party that it has rejected the submitted document. Provides that if a clerk's office does not file an electronically submitted document because of a technical failure of any court-approved electronic filing system, the later filing of that document relates back to the date the original document was electronically submitted. Provides that the changes made by the amendatory Act apply to all actions commenced or pending on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Effective immediately.