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By: Cortez (Senate Sponsor - Menéndez) |
H.B. No. 1685 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House April 26, 2021; |
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May 10, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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Jurisprudence; May 21, 2021, reported favorably by the following |
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vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 21, 2021, sent to printer.) |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the use of an electronic recording device to report |
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proceedings before a municipal court of record for the City of San |
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Antonio. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 30.00226, Government Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: |
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(c) Instead of using a court reporter to preserve a record |
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in a case, the governing body may authorize the use of a good |
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quality electronic recording device to report court proceedings. If |
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the governing body authorizes an electronic recording, the court |
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reporter is not required to be present to certify the reporter's |
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record. The recording shall be kept for the 20-day period beginning |
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the day after the last day of the court proceeding, trial, or denial |
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of motion for new trial, whichever occurs last. If a case is |
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appealed, the proceedings shall be transcribed from the recording |
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by an official court reporter. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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