88R2626 JTZ-D
 
  By: Bowers H.B. No. 2045
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to an exemption from court reporter transcript fees for a
  county that provides and maintains court reporting equipment.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter E, Chapter 52, Government Code, is
  amended by adding Section 52.060 to read as follows:
         Sec. 52.060.  TRANSCRIPT FEE EXEMPTION FOR CERTAIN COUNTIES.
  (a) This section applies only to a county that provides and
  maintains court reporting equipment for a court in the county in
  accordance with the county's established plan for the periodic
  replacement of obsolete equipment.
         (b)  A county official or employee while transacting county
  business is exempt from the payment of any fee authorized under this
  chapter for issuance of a transcript of a case heard in a court for
  which the county provides and maintains court reporting equipment
  in accordance with the plan described by Subsection (a).
         SECTION 2.  Section 52.060, Government Code, as added by
  this Act, applies only to a fee for a transcript requested in
  accordance with that section on or after the effective date of this
  Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.