81R38272 KFF-D
By: Castro H.R. No. 2922
R E S O L U T I O N
BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the State of
Texas, 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, That House Rule 13,
Section 9(a), be suspended in part as provided by House Rule 13,
Section 9(f), to enable the conference committee appointed to
resolve the differences on House Bill 1722 (proceedings that may be
referred to and the powers of a criminal law magistrate in Bexar
County) to consider and take action on the following matter:
House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(1), is suspended to permit the
committee to change text not in disagreement in SECTION 1 of the
bill, in Section 54.906(a)(8), Government Code, to read as follows:
(8) any other matter the judge considers necessary and
proper, including a negotiated plea of guilty before the court.
Explanation: This change is necessary to maintain the
authority of a district judge in Bexar County to refer proceedings
in criminal cases involving negotiated pleas of guilty to a
criminal law magistrate.