| 1 | 1 | | 84R6719 CAE-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Hughes H.B. No. 1494 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the filing by a court reporter of an official transcript |
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| 8 | 8 | | of a court proceeding. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 52.047, Government Code, is amended by |
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| 11 | 11 | | adding Subsection (h) to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (h) A court reporter may not be required to file an official |
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| 13 | 13 | | transcript of a trial before the 60th day after the date a notice of |
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| 14 | 14 | | appeal is filed. To the extent this subsection conflicts with the |
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| 15 | 15 | | Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure or other rules of procedure, |
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| 16 | 16 | | this subsection controls. Notwithstanding Sections 22.003, |
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| 17 | 17 | | 22.004, and 22.108, the supreme court or the court of criminal |
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| 18 | 18 | | appeals may not amend or adopt a rule in conflict with this section. |
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| 19 | 19 | | This subsection does not apply to an official transcript required |
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| 20 | 20 | | for an accelerated appeal or an interlocutory appeal. |
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| 21 | 21 | | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to a |
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| 22 | 22 | | notice of appeal that is filed on or after the effective date of |
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| 23 | 23 | | this Act. A notice of appeal filed before the effective date of |
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| 24 | 24 | | this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the notice was |
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| 25 | 25 | | filed, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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| 26 | 26 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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