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| 1 | 1 | By: Eckhardt S.B. No. 2155 | |
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| 4 | 4 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 5 | 5 | AN ACT | |
| 6 | 6 | relating to the authority to appear by telephone or videoconference | |
| 7 | 7 | in municipal and justice courts. | |
| 8 | 8 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 9 | 9 | SECTION 1. Chapter 45, Code of Criminal Procedure, is | |
| 10 | 10 | amended to read as follows: | |
| 11 | 11 | Art. 45.0201. APPEARANCE BY TELEPHONE OR VIDEOCONFERENCE. | |
| 12 | 12 | If the justice or judge determines that requiring a defendant to | |
| 13 | 13 | appear before the justice or judge in person for a hearing [under | |
| 14 | 14 | Article 45.0445 or 45.045] would impose an undue hardship on the | |
| 15 | 15 | defendant, the justice or judge may allow the defendant to appear by | |
| 16 | 16 | telephone or videoconference. | |
| 17 | 17 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect on September 1, 2023. |