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Amend SB 834 (Senate committee printing) as follows:
(1) Strike the recital in SECTION 1 of the bill, amending Article 19.42(a), Code of Criminal Procedure, (page 1, lines 19-20), and substitute "Subsections (a) and (b), Article 19.42, Code of Criminal Procedure, are amended to read as follows:".
(2) In SECTION 1 of the bill, immediately following amended Article 19.42(a), Code of Criminal Procedure (page 1, between lines 27-28), insert the following:
(b) On a showing of good cause, or for the purpose of a United States Constitutional challenge to the array after indictment, the court shall permit disclosure of necessary information sought to an attorney representing a party to the proceeding. Upon disclosure, the court shall order the attorney not to disclose the information to any other person, unless the third party is an investigator, expert, consulting legal counsel, or other agent for the attorney. The nondisclosure requirements shall apply to any third party receiving information under this article.