88(R) HB 196 - Introduced version - Bill Text

	88R2361 JTZ-F
	By:  Cortez	H.B.  No.  196

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the use of an electronic recording device to report
	proceedings before a municipal court of record for the City of San
	Antonio.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION  1.    Section 30.00226, Government Code, is amended by
	adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
	(c)    Instead of using a court reporter to preserve a record
	in a case, the governing body may authorize the use of a good
	quality electronic recording device to report court proceedings. If
	the governing body authorizes an electronic recording, the court
	reporter is not required to be present to certify the reporter's
	record. The recording shall be kept for the 20-day period beginning
	the day after the last day of the court proceeding, trial, or denial
	of motion for new trial, whichever occurs last. If a case is
	appealed, the proceedings shall be transcribed from the recording
	by an official court reporter.
	SECTION  2.    This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.