1-1 By: Zbranek (Senate Sponsor - Galloway) H.B. No. 3197 1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House May 10, 1995; 1-3 May 11, 1995, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal 1-4 Justice; May 22, 1995, reported favorably by the following vote: 1-5 Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 22, 1995, sent to printer.) 1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-7 AN ACT 1-8 relating to recording of proceedings in a county court at law in 1-9 Liberty County. 1-10 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-11 SECTION 1. Section 25.1482, Government Code, is amended by 1-12 adding Subsection (o) to read as follows: 1-13 (o) A judge of a county court at law may provide that any 1-14 criminal proceeding in the county court at law be recorded by a 1-15 good quality electronic recording device instead of by a court 1-16 reporter, unless the defendant requests that a court reporter be 1-17 present upon written motion filed with the court not later than 10 1-18 days prior to trial. If a recording device is used, the court 1-19 reporter need not be present at the proceeding to certify the 1-20 statement of facts. 1-21 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the 1-22 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-23 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-24 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-25 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 1-26 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 1-27 passage, and it is so enacted. 1-28 * * * * *