Amend CSHB 176 by adding an appropriately numbered SECTION to
read as follows and by renumbering existing SECTIONS accordingly:
      SECTION __. Chapter 38, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
amended by adding Article 38.073 to read as follows:
      Art. 38.073.  TESTIMONY OF INMATE WITNESSES. In a proceeding
in the prosecution of a criminal offense in which an inmate in the
custody of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice is required to
testify as a witness, any deposition or testimony of the inmate
witness may be conducted by electronic means, in the same manner as
permitted in civil cases under Section 30.012, Civil Practice and
Remedies Code.