Enrolled Bill Summary

Senate Bill 577 amends provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure relating to the duties of a court clerk in a criminal proceeding. The act modifies the release of information from a grand jury report to coincide with a defendant being in custody. It establishes procedures for the electronic transmittal and acknowledgment of a subpoena. The act provides that a record in the custody of a court clerk regarding a person who is granted deferred adjudication is not confidential. Senate Bill 577 requires an instructor, rather than the defendant, to provide proof to the Department of Public Safety that the person successfully completed an education program that was required as a condition of community supervision.