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