TO:	Honorable Jeff Leach, Chair, House Committee on Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
FROM:	Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB1685 by Cortez (relating to the use of an electronic recording device to report proceedings before a municipal court of record for the City of San Antonio.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted

The bill would amend the Government Code to allow the governing body of the City of San Antonio to authorize the use of an electronic recording device to report court proceedings. 

Local Government Impact

The City of San Antonio anticipates approximately $91,000 in annual savings.