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| 1 | 1 | 81R10620 CAE-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Veasey H.B. No. 2189 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the hours of operation of the court of criminal appeals | |
| 8 | 8 | on a day an execution is scheduled to occur. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 22, Government Code, is | |
| 11 | 11 | amended by adding Section 22.113 to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 22.113. COURT HOURS ON DAY OF EXECUTION. On a day a | |
| 13 | 13 | convict is scheduled to be executed, the court of criminal appeals | |
| 14 | 14 | and clerk's office for the court shall remain open until the | |
| 15 | 15 | execution has occurred if the court has been notified by the | |
| 16 | 16 | attorney of record for the convict that the attorney will file | |
| 17 | 17 | documents with the court requesting a stay of execution. | |
| 18 | 18 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 19 | 19 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 20 | 20 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 21 | 21 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 22 | 22 | Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |