81R10620 CAE-D
By: Veasey H.B. No. 2189
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the hours of operation of the court of criminal appeals
on a day an execution is scheduled to occur.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 22, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 22.113 to read as follows:
Sec. 22.113. COURT HOURS ON DAY OF EXECUTION. On a day a
convict is scheduled to be executed, the court of criminal appeals
and clerk's office for the court shall remain open until the
execution has occurred if the court has been notified by the
attorney of record for the convict that the attorney will file
documents with the court requesting a stay of execution.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2009.