Tex. Gov't Code § 22.302 · Subchapter D. GENERAL PROVISIONS
USE OF TELECONFERENCING TECHNOLOGY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) At the discretion of its chief justice or presiding judge, the supreme court, the court of criminal appeals, or a court of appeals may order that oral argument be presented through the use of teleconferencing technology. The parties or their attorneys may participate in oral argument from any location through the use of teleconferencing technology. Unless exigent circumstances require otherwise, the court shall participate in oral argument presented through teleconferencing technology from a courtroom or other facility provided to the court by this state.
(b) In this section, "teleconferencing technology" means technology that provides for a conference of individuals in different locations, connected by electronic means, through both audio and video.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 732, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1085, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by:
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1130 (S.B. 293), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.22.htm
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