Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

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1	1	88R11056 AMF-F
2	2	By: Leach H.B. No. 3473
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the members of the Court Reporters Certification
8	8	Advisory Board.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Section 154.051, Government Code, is amended by
11	11	amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (f-1) to read as
12	12	follows:
13	13	(a) The Court Reporters Certification Advisory Board is
14	14	established as an advisory board to the commission. The advisory
15	15	board is composed of at least nine [seven] members appointed by the
16	16	supreme court as follows:
17	17	(1) one active district judge presiding over a court
18	18	that employs an official court reporter;
19	19	(2) one active attorney licensed in this state who has
20	20	been a practicing member of the State Bar for more than the five
21	21	years immediately preceding the attorney's appointment to the
22	22	advisory board;
23	23	(3) two certified shorthand [active official court]
24	24	reporters actively engaged in the practice of official court [who
25	25	have practiced shorthand] reporting in this state for more than the
26	26	five years immediately preceding their appointment to the advisory
27	27	board;
28	28	(4) two [active] certified shorthand reporters
29	29	actively engaged in the practice of [who work on a freelance basis
30	30	and who have practiced] shorthand reporting on a freelance basis
31	31	for more than the five years immediately preceding their
32	32	appointment to the advisory board; [and]
33	33	(5) one certified shorthand reporter actively engaged
34	34	in practice as a captioner in this state for more than the five
35	35	years immediately preceding the captioner's appointment to the
36	36	advisory board; and
37	37	(6) two certified shorthand reporters who:
38	38	(A) own a shorthand reporting firm in this state;
39	39	and
40	40	(B) have owned and [one representative of a
41	41	shorthand reporting firm that has] operated [as] a shorthand
42	42	reporting firm in this state for more than the five [three] years
43	43	immediately preceding their [the representative's] appointment to
44	44	the advisory board.
45	45	(f-1) Not later than the 90th day before the expiration of
46	46	an advisory board member's term, the commission:
47	47	(1) shall post on the commission's Internet website
48	48	notice of the availability of the membership position;
49	49	(2) shall accept resumes from and conduct interviews
50	50	of any qualified individuals interested in appointment to the
51	51	position; and
52	52	(3) may recommend to the supreme court one or more of
53	53	the qualified individuals for appointment to the advisory board.
54	54	SECTION 2. (a) As soon as practicable after the effective
55	55	date of this Act, the Texas Supreme Court shall appoint two
56	56	additional members of the Court Reporters Certification Advisory
57	57	Board in accordance with Section 154.051(a), Government Code, as
58	58	amended by this Act.
59	59	(b) The changes in law made by this Act to the
60	60	qualifications of members of the Court Reporters Certification
61	61	Advisory Board do not affect the entitlement of a member serving on
62	62	the advisory board immediately before the effective date of this
63	63	Act to continue to carry out the member's functions for the
64	64	remainder of the member's term. The change in law made by this Act
65	65	applies only to a member appointed or reappointed on or after the
66	66	effective date of this Act. This Act does not prohibit a person who
67	67	is a member of the advisory board on the effective date of this Act
68	68	from being reappointed to the advisory board if the person has the
69	69	qualifications required for membership under Section 154.051,
70	70	Government Code, as amended by this Act.
71	71	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.