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| 1 | 1 | 81R751 UM-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Dutton H.B. No. 297 | |
| 3 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the abolition of the death penalty. | |
| 8 | 8 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 9 | 9 | SECTION 1. The following provisions are repealed: | |
| 10 | 10 | (1) Sections 8.07(c), 12.31, 12.42(c)(3), and 19.03, | |
| 11 | 11 | Penal Code; and | |
| 12 | 12 | (2) Articles 37.071, 37.0711, 37.072, 43.14, 43.141, | |
| 13 | 13 | 43.15, 43.16, 43.17, 43.18, 43.19, 43.20, 43.21, 43.22, 43.23, | |
| 14 | 14 | 43.24, and 43.25, Code of Criminal Procedure. | |
| 15 | 15 | SECTION 2. (a) The change in law made by this Act applies | |
| 16 | 16 | only to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this | |
| 17 | 17 | Act. For purposes of this section, an offense is committed before | |
| 18 | 18 | the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurs | |
| 19 | 19 | before that date. | |
| 20 | 20 | (b) An offense committed before the effective date of this | |
| 21 | 21 | Act is governed by the law in effect when the offense was committed, | |
| 22 | 22 | and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | |
| 23 | 23 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |