81R38273 KFF-D
By: Uresti S.R. No. 1074
R E S O L U T I O N
BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the State of Texas, 81st
Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, That Senate Rule 12.03 be
suspended in part as provided by Senate Rule 12.08 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:
Senate Rule 12.03(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.