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| 1 | 1 | 86R13636 ADM-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: González of Dallas H.B. No. 4234 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to public access to hearings or proceedings for setting | |
| 8 | 8 | bail. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Chapter 17, Code of Criminal Procedure, is | |
| 11 | 11 | amended by adding Article 17.50 to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Art. 17.50. PROCEEDING OPEN TO PUBLIC. (a) Any hearing or | |
| 13 | 13 | other proceeding at which a magistrate sets the amount of bail for a | |
| 14 | 14 | defendant, including a proceeding under this chapter or Article | |
| 15 | 15 | 15.17, must be open to the public. | |
| 16 | 16 | (b) A magistrate may satisfy the requirements of this | |
| 17 | 17 | article by ordering that the proceeding be broadcast by closed | |
| 18 | 18 | circuit equipment to a location that is reasonably close to the | |
| 19 | 19 | proceeding. | |
| 20 | 20 | (c) A broadcast made under Subsection (b) must be recorded | |
| 21 | 21 | by the magistrate and the recording maintained for a period of not | |
| 22 | 22 | less than one year. | |
| 23 | 23 | SECTION 2. This Act applies only to a hearing or proceeding | |
| 24 | 24 | that occurs on or after the effective date of this Act. | |
| 25 | 25 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |