By: Canales (Senate Sponsor - Burton) H.B. No. 214
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 5, 2017;
May 9, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on State
Affairs; May 21, 2017, reported adversely, with favorable
Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0;
May 21, 2017, sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 214 By: Birdwell
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a recording of certain proceedings of the Texas Supreme
Court and Court of Criminal Appeals and the publication of the
recordings.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 22, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 22.303 to read as follows:
Sec. 22.303. RECORDING OF CERTAIN COURT PROCEEDINGS. If
appropriated funds or donations are available in the amount
necessary to cover the cost, the supreme court and the court of
criminal appeals shall make a video recording or other electronic
visual and audio recording of each oral argument and public meeting
of the court and post the recording on the court's Internet website.
SECTION 2. The Texas Supreme Court and the Court of Criminal
Appeals are required to implement this Act only if the legislature
appropriates money specifically for that purpose. If the
legislature does not appropriate money specifically for that
purpose, the Texas Supreme Court and the Court of Criminal Appeals
may, but are not required to, implement this Act using other
appropriations available for the purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
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