By Hope H.B. No. 2524
77R8049 JMG-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to a transcript of a plea or waiver by broadcast by closed
1-3 circuit video teleconferencing.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Article 27.18(c), Code of Criminal Procedure, is
1-6 amended to read as follows:
1-7 (c) A transcript [recording] of the communication shall be
1-8 made and preserved until all appellate proceedings have been
1-9 disposed of. The defendant may obtain a copy of the transcript
1-10 [recording] on payment of a reasonable amount to cover the costs of
1-11 the transcript [reproduction] or, if the defendant is indigent, the
1-12 court shall provide a copy of the transcript to the defendant
1-13 without [charging a] cost [for the copy].
1-14 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.