By: Whitmire S.B. No. 418
(In the Senate - Filed January 30, 2015; February 4, 2015,
read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs;
February 9, 2015, rereferred to Committee on Criminal Justice;
April 20, 2015, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; April 20, 2015,
sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 418 By: Whitmire
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to requests by the State Commission on Judicial Conduct
for certain records held by court reporters.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 33.030, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) If an official court reporter has a backup audio media
recording of a court proceeding, the court reporter on request of
the commission shall produce to the commission at no cost to the
commission a true and correct copy of the backup audio media
recording.
SECTION 2. Section 52.046, Government Code, as amended by
this Act, applies only to conduct that occurs on or after the
effective date of this Act. Conduct that occurs before the
effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the
date the conduct occurred, and the former law is continued in effect
for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 15, 2015.
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