By Hope                                               H.B. No. 2524
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                                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.