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An order of the Bosque County Court at Law appointing court recorders and governing the procedure for making a record of civil and criminal proceedings by electronic audio or audio-visual recording, including the recorders' duties, logs, storage, and preparation of the appellate record.
Applies to the making of the record in the Bosque County Court at Law by electronic recording. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
ORDER OF APPOINTMENT AND RULES GOVERNING THE PROCEDURE FOR MAKING A RECORD OF CIVIL AND CRIMINAL COURT PROCEEDINGS IN THE BOSQUE COUNTY COURT AT LAW BY ELECTRONIC RECORDING 1. Application. The following rules govern the procedures in the Bosque County Court at Law in proceedings in criminal and civil matters in which a record is made by electronic audio or audio-visual recording, as well as appellate records prepared from such proceedings. 2. Duties of Court Recorders. No stenographic record shall be required of any civil or criminal proceedings that are electronically recorded. The Court shall designate one or more persons as court recorders, whose duties shall include: a. Ensuring that the recording system is functioning properly throughout the proceeding and that a complete, distinct, clear, and transferable recording is made. b. Making a detailed, legible log for all proceedings being recorded, indexed by the date and location of each event being recorded, and showing the number and style of the proceeding before the court, the correct name of each person speaking, the nature of the proceeding (e.g. voir dire, opening, examination of witnesses, cross-examination, argument, bench conferences, whether in the presence of the jury, etc.), the time of the day of each event, and the offer, admission, or exclusion of all exhibits. c. Filing the original log and exhibits after a proceeding ends; d. Storing or providing for storing of the electronic audio or audio-visual recording to ensure it is preserved as required by law and accessible; e. Prohibiting or providing for prohibition of access by any person to the original recording without written order of the presiding judge of the court; f. Preparing or obtaining a certified copy of the original recording of any proceeding, any of the exhibits the parties to the appeal designate, and certified copies of the original log, upon full payment of the charge imposed therefore, at the request of any person entitled to such recording, or at the direction of the judge of the court, or at the direction of any appellate judge who is presiding over any matter involving the same proceeding, subject to the laws of this state, rules of procedures and the instructions of the presiding Judge of the court; g. Performing such other duties as may be directed by the presiding judge or the appellate court presiding over the case and prescribed by the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure and the Uniform Format Manual for Texas Reports' Records. 3. Reporter's Record. The reporter's record on appeal from any proceeding of which an electronic recording has been made shall be labeled to reflect clearly the numbered contents certified by the court recorder to be a clear and accurate copy of the original recording of the entire proceedings. Any exhibits designated by the parties for inclusion in the reporter's record shall be arranged in numerical order and firmly bound together so far as practicable, together with an index consisting of a brief description identifying each exhibit. 4. Time for Filing. The court recorder shall file the reporter's record with the court of appeals within fifteen days after the perfection of an appeal. No other filing deadlines as set in the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure are changed. 5. Appendix. Each party shall file with its brief an appendix containing a written transcription of all portions of the recorded reporter's record and a copy of all exhibits relevant to the issues raised on appeal. Transcriptions shall be presumed to be accurate unless an objection is made. The form of the appendix and transcription shall conform to any specifications of the Supreme Court and/or the Court of Criminal Appeals and comply with the Order Directing the Form of the Appellate Record and the Uniform Format Manual for Texas Reporters' Records. 6. Presumption. The appellate court shall have no duty to review any part of an electronic audio or audio-visual recording and may presume that nothing omitted from the transcriptions in the appendices is relevant to any issues raised or to the disposition of the appeal. 7. Supplemental Appendix. The appellate court may direct a party to a file a supplemental appendix containing a written transcription of additional portions of the recorded reporter's record. 8. Inability to Afford. If a party is unable to afford costs, the court recorder must transcribe or have transcribed the recorded reporter's record and file the transcription as that party's appendix, along with all exhibits. 9. Accuracy. Any inaccuracies in the transcriptions of the recorded reporter's record may be corrected by agreement of the parties. Should any dispute arise after the reporter's record or appendices are filed as to whether an electronic audio or audio-visual recording or any transcription of it accurately disclosed what occurred in the trial court, the appellate court may resolve the dispute by reviewing the audio or audio-visual recording, or submit the matter to the trial court which shall after notice to the parties and hearing, settle the dispute and make the reporter's record or transcription conform to what occurred in the trial court. 10. Costs. The expense of appendices shall be taxed as costs at the rate prescribed by law. The appellate court may disallow the cost of portions of appendices that it considers surplusage or that does not conform to any specifications prescribed by the Supreme Court and/or the Court of Criminal Appeals. 11. Other Provisions. Except to the extent inconsistent with all other statutes and rules governing the procedures in civil and criminal actions, these rules shall continue to apply to all proceedings of which a record is made by electronic audio or audio-visual recording. [signature] Luke Giesecke, Presiding Judge, Bosque County Court at Law Date: SEPTEMBER 22, 2025 [handwritten] [File stamp: FILED at ______ o'clock ______ M, SEP 22 2025, with the clerk's signature, County Clerk, Bosque County, Texas] [Running footer: Page 1 of 3 / Page 2 of 3 / Page 3 of 3]
ORDER OF APPOINTMENT AND RULES GOVERNING THE PROCEDURE FOR MAKING A RECORD OF CIVIL AND CRIMINAL COURT PROCEEDINGS IN THE BOSQUE COUNTY COURT AT LAW BY ELECTRONIC RECORDING 1. Application. The following rules govern the procedures in the Bosque County Court at Law in proceedings in criminal and civil matters in which a record is made by electronic audio or audio-visual recording, as well as appell
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9 verbatim requirements from 4th Circuit Administrative Order 1997-10.
6 verbatim requirements from 4th Circuit Administrative Order 1997-13.