87R16936 TSS-F     By: Cortez H.B. No. 1685     Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1685:     By:  Smith C.S.H.B. No. 1685       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the use of an electronic recording device to report   proceedings before a municipal court of record for the City of San   Antonio.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 30.00226, Government Code, is amended by   adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:          (c)  Instead of using a court reporter to preserve a record   in a case, the governing body may authorize the use of a good   quality electronic recording device to report court proceedings. If   the governing body authorizes an electronic recording, the court   reporter is not required to be present to certify the reporter's   record. The recording shall be kept for the 20-day period beginning   the day after the last day of the court proceeding, trial, or denial   of motion for new trial, whichever occurs last. If a case is   appealed, the proceedings shall be transcribed from the recording   by an official court reporter.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.