Relating to postconviction relief procedure and the underlying trial court record of the proceedings challenged

The bill provides that upon the filing of an application for postconviction relief, the clerk of the district court shall make the underlying trial court record accessible to the applicant’s attorney, the county attorney, and the attorney general, without the necessity of a court order. If the trial court record is not available in electronic format, the clerk shall convert the record to an electronic format and make the record available to the applicant’s attorney, the county attorney, and the attorney general, without the necessity of a court order. Upon request made by an attorney of record, the clerk of the district court shall make the court file containing any previous application for postconviction relief filed by the applicant relating to the same conviction accessible to the applicant’s attorney, the county attorney, and the attorney general, without the necessity of a court order. If the court file containing the previous postconviction relief application is not available in electronic format, the clerk shall convert the application to an electronic format and make the application available to the applicant’s attorney, the county attorney, and the attorney general, without the necessity of a court order. The bill provides that no costs shall be assessed to the applicant, the applicant’s attorney, the county attorney, or the attorney general for converting a court file or providing access to a court file under Code chapter 822 (postconviction procedure).