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 The following provisions are repealed: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