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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the time for a court reporter to provide a transcript of |
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the evidence in a case. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 52.047(a), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a) A person may apply for a transcript of the evidence in a |
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case reported by an official court reporter. The person must apply |
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for the transcript in writing to the official court reporter. The |
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official court[, and the] reporter shall furnish the transcript to |
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the person not later than the 120th day after the date the: |
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(1) application for the transcript is received by the |
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reporter; and |
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(2)[on payment of the] transcript fee is paid or the |
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person establishes indigency as provided by Rule 20 [40(a)(3) or
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53(j)], Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Section |
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52.047, Government Code, applies only to an application request for |
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a transcript made on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |