Bill Text: AZ HB2354 | 2011 | Fiftieth Legislature 1st Regular | Introduced

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Bill Title: Grand jury proceedings; electronic recording

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-27 - Referred to House RULES Committee [HB2354 Detail]

Download: Arizona-2011-HB2354-Introduced.html

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REFERENCE TITLE: grand jury proceedings; electronic recording

 

 

 

 

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fiftieth Legislature

First Regular Session

2011

 

 

HB 2354

 

Introduced by

Representatives Farnsworth, Ash: Pancrazi

 

 

AN ACT

 

amending section 21-411, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to grand juries.

 

 

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

 

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1.  Section 21-411, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE21-411.  Appointment of reporter; employment of electronic recording system; transcript

A.  The presiding judge of the superior court shall appoint a regularly appointed court reporter to record the proceedings or employ an electronic recording system to record the proceedings before the grand jury, except the deliberations of the grand jury. 

B.  On request of this state or the defendant, the reporter's notes or the electronic recording containing the proceedings from which an indictment is returned shall be transcribed and filed with the clerk of the superior court.  not later than twenty days following the return of the indictment, unless the court otherwise orders.  Such the transcript shall be made available to the prosecuting officer and the defendant.  The transcript or a portion of the transcript may be denied to a defendant by the court upon on a showing of extraordinary circumstances by a prosecuting officer.  The Reporter's notes or electronic recordings which that are not transcribed as provided in this section shall be filed with the clerk of the superior court and impounded and shall be transcribed only when ordered by the presiding judge of the superior court.

B.  C.  The reporter and typists who transcribe the reporter's notes of grand jury proceedings or the person who operates the electronic recording system shall be sworn by the foreman or acting foreman not to disclose any testimony or the name of any witness except to the county attorney or other prosecuting officer or when testifying in court. END_STATUTE