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| 1 | 1 | 87R11160 MCF-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: White H.B. No. 3505 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to authorizing a court to require defendants confined in a | |
| 8 | 8 | penal institution to appear by videoconference in criminal cases. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Chapter 1, Code of Criminal Procedure, is | |
| 11 | 11 | amended by adding Article 1.028 to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Art. 1.028. PRESENCE BY VIDEOCONFERENCE. Notwithstanding | |
| 13 | 13 | any other provision of this code, a court may require a defendant | |
| 14 | 14 | without the defendant's consent to appear, for any proceeding | |
| 15 | 15 | related to the prosecution of a criminal offense, by | |
| 16 | 16 | videoconference in the manner described by Article 27.18 if the | |
| 17 | 17 | defendant is confined in a penal institution at the time of the | |
| 18 | 18 | proceeding. | |
| 19 | 19 | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | |
| 20 | 20 | to a criminal proceeding that commences on or after the effective | |
| 21 | 21 | date of this Act. A criminal proceeding that commenced before the | |
| 22 | 22 | effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the | |
| 23 | 23 | date the proceeding commenced, and the former law is continued in | |
| 24 | 24 | effect for that purpose. | |
| 25 | 25 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |