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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to recording of oral depositions. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 20, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 20.003 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 20.003. NON-STENOGRAPHIC RECORDING. Notwithstanding |
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Section 20.001, any party may record an oral deposition by a method, |
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including videotape recording, other than stenographic recording |
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in accordance with the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure. |
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SECTION 2. Section 154.101(f), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(f) Except as provided by Section 154.112 and by Chapter 20 |
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[Section 20.001], Civil Practice and Remedies Code, all depositions |
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conducted in this state must be recorded by a certified shorthand |
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reporter. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |