Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 20A.204 · Subchapter E. RECORDING AND DISCLOSURE OF GRAND JURY PROCEEDINGS
DISCLOSURE BY ATTORNEY REPRESENTING STATE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The attorney representing the state may not disclose anything transpiring before the grand jury except as permitted by this article or Article 20A.205(a) or (b).
(b) In performing the attorney's duties, the attorney representing the state may disclose or permit a disclosure of a record made under Article 20A.201 or a typewritten transcription of that record, or may make or permit a disclosure otherwise prohibited by Article 20A.203, to a grand juror serving on the grand jury before which the record was made, another grand jury, a law enforcement agency, or a prosecuting attorney, as the attorney representing the state determines is necessary to assist the attorney in the performance of the attorney's duties.
(c) The attorney representing the state shall warn any person authorized to receive information under Subsection (b) of the person's duty to maintain the secrecy of the information.
(d) A person who receives information under Subsection (b) and discloses that information for purposes other than those permitted by that subsection may be punished for contempt in the same manner as a person who violates Article 20A.203(a).
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 469 (H.B. 4173), Sec. 1.04, eff. January 1, 2021.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CR/htm/CR.20A.htm
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Code of Criminal Procedure
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 20A.201RECORDING OF ACCUSED OR SUSPECTED PERSON'S TESTIMONY; RETENTION OF RECORDS.Printed as Article 20A.201
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 20A.203DISCLOSURE BY PERSON IN PROCEEDING PROHIBITED.Printed as Article 20A.203 | Article 20A.203(a)
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 20A.205PETITION FOR DISCLOSURE BY DEFENDANT.Printed as Article 20A.205(a)
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