CERTAIN HEARINGS BY CLOSED-CIRCUIT VIDEO TELECONFERENCING PERMITTED
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case in Re: The Commitment of Maurice Bluitt (2018)
Most recently applied in in Re: The Commitment of Maurice Bluitt (September 2018)
Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 34 (S.B. 1576), Sec. 25, eff
(a) Notwithstanding Section 841.103(c), on motion by the attorney representing the state, the court shall require a committed person to appear via closed-circuit video teleconferencing at a hearing on the modification of civil commitment requirements under Section 841.082 or a hearing under Subchapter F or G.
(b) A recording of a hearing conducted as provided by Subsection (a) shall be made and preserved with the court's 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.