Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 14.008

HEARING

Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Sweed v. City of El Paso (2004)

Most recently applied in McClain v. Terry (April 2010)

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 378, Sec. 2, eff

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(a) The court may hold a hearing under this chapter at a jail or a facility operated by or under contract with the department or may conduct the hearing with video communications technology that permits the court to see and hear the inmate and that permits the inmate to see and hear the court and any other witness.

(b) A hearing conducted under this section by video communications technology shall be recorded on videotape. The recording is sufficient to serve as a permanent record of the hearing.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.