87R3482 TSS-F
By: Cortez H.B. No. 1685
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 clerk of the municipal courts of record may authorize
the use of a good quality electronic recording device to report
court proceedings. If the clerk 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, 2021.