By Wise H.B. No. 3664 76R276 JMC-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the violation of certain duties of official court 1-3 reporters; providing a criminal penalty. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Section 52.046, Government Code, is amended by 1-6 adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: 1-7 (e) An official court reporter commits an offense if the 1-8 official court reporter recklessly violates Subsection (a)(4) or 1-9 knowingly violates Subsection (a)(5). An offense under this 1-10 subsection is a Class B misdemeanor. 1-11 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999. 1-12 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-13 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-14 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-15 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-16 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.