Bill Text: TX HB3893 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the recording and disclosure of certain grand jury proceedings that involve a governmental employee.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-04-20 - Left pending in committee [HB3893 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB3893-Introduced.html
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By: Canales | H.B. No. 3893 |
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relating to the recording and disclosure of certain grand jury | ||
proceedings that involve a governmental employee. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 20, Code of Criminal Procedure, is | ||
amended by adding Article 20.013 to read as follows: | ||
Art. 20.013. RECORDING AND DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN GRAND JURY | ||
PROCEEDINGS INVOLVING A GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEE. (a) The entire | ||
grand jury proceeding shall be recorded either by a stenographer or | ||
by use of an electronic device capable of recording sound if: | ||
(1) the person who is suspected or accused was | ||
employed by the state or a political subdivision of the state at the | ||
time of the offense of which the person is suspected or accused; and | ||
(2) the offense of which the person is suspected or | ||
accused is alleged to have been committed during the course and | ||
scope of the person's duties as an employee. | ||
(b) A record made under Subsection (a) or a typewritten | ||
transcription of that record shall be disclosed to the public if the | ||
grand jury finds no bill of indictment. | ||
SECTION 2. Article 20.02(a), Code of Criminal Procedure, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) Except as provided by Article 20.013, the [ |
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proceedings of the grand jury shall be secret. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act applies only to a grand jury whose term | ||
commences on or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |