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                                                                  S.B. No. 164




AN ACT

relating to the recording of jury deliberations in civil and 
criminal proceedings.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Chapter 36, Code of Criminal Procedure, is 
amended by adding Article 36.215 to read as follows:
	Art. 36.215.  RECORDING OF JURY DELIBERATIONS.  A person may 
not use any device to produce or make an audio, visual, or 
audio-visual broadcast, recording, or photograph of a jury while 
the jury is deliberating.
	SECTION 2.  Subtitle B, Title 2, Civil Practice and Remedies 
Code, is amended by adding Chapter 24 to read as follows:

CHAPTER 24.  RECORDING OF JURY DELIBERATIONS
	Sec. 24.001.  RECORDING PROHIBITED.  A person may not use any 
device to produce or make an audio, visual, or audio-visual 
broadcast, recording, or photograph of a jury while the jury is 
deliberating.
	SECTION 3.  (a)  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.                      
	(b)  The change in law made by this Act applies only to a 
trial commenced on or after September 1, 2003.  A trial commenced 
before September 1, 2003, is covered by the law in effect when the 
trial commenced, and the former law is continued in effect for that 
purpose.

                                                                              




______________________________    ______________________________
President of the Senate             Speaker of the House
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 164 passed the Senate on 
February 27, 2003, by a viva-voce vote.




______________________________ 
   Secretary of the Senate             
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 164 passed the House on 
May 1, 2003, by a non-record vote.




______________________________ 
   Chief Clerk of the House            



Approved:


______________________________ 
            Date



______________________________ 
          Governor