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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the recording of testimony before a grand jury. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. The heading to Article 20.012, Code of Criminal |
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Procedure, is amended to read as follows: |
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Art. 20.012. RECORDING OF GRAND JURY [CERTAIN] TESTIMONY. |
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SECTION 2. Article 20.012(a), Code of Criminal Procedure, |
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is amended to read as follows: |
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(a) Questions propounded by the grand jury or the attorney |
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representing the state to a witness before the grand jury, |
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including a witness who is the person accused or suspected, and the |
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testimony of that witness [person] to the grand jury shall be |
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recorded either by a stenographer or by use of an electronic device |
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capable of recording sound. |
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SECTION 3. This Act applies only to a grand jury whose term |
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commences on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |