| 1 | 1 | | 81R5082 KEL-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Eiland H.B. No. 2952 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to venue for the prosecution and punishment of certain |
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| 8 | 8 | | offenses committed on the boundaries of two or more counties. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Article 13.04, Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Art. 13.04. OFFENSES COMMITTED ON THE BOUNDARIES OF |
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| 13 | 13 | | COUNTIES. (a) An offense committed on the boundaries of two or |
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| 14 | 14 | | more counties, or within four hundred yards of those boundaries |
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| 15 | 15 | | [thereof], may be prosecuted and punished in any one of those [such] |
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| 16 | 16 | | counties. This subsection does not apply to an offense committed |
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| 17 | 17 | | under Subtitle E, Title 7, Transportation Code. |
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| 18 | 18 | | (b) An [and any] offense committed on the premises of any |
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| 19 | 19 | | airport operated jointly by two municipalities and situated in two |
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| 20 | 20 | | counties may be prosecuted and punished in either county. |
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| 21 | 21 | | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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| 22 | 22 | | to venue for the trial of an offense committed on or after the |
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| 23 | 23 | | effective date of this Act. Venue for the trial of an offense |
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| 24 | 24 | | committed before the effective date of this Act is covered by the |
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| 25 | 25 | | law in effect when the offense was committed, and the former law is |
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| 26 | 26 | | continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of this section, |
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| 27 | 27 | | an offense was committed before the effective date of this Act if |
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| 28 | 28 | | any element of the offense occurred before that date. |
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| 29 | 29 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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