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| 1 | 1 | By: Hegar S.B. No. 519 | |
| 2 | 2 | (Hartnett, Gallego, Christian, Davis of Dallas, | |
| 3 | 3 | Zedler, et al.) | |
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| 5 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 6 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 7 | 7 | AN ACT | |
| 8 | 8 | relating to the period during which a motion for a new trial in a | |
| 9 | 9 | criminal proceeding in a justice or municipal court must be made. | |
| 10 | 10 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 11 | 11 | SECTION 1. Article 45.037, Code of Criminal Procedure, is | |
| 12 | 12 | amended to read as follows: | |
| 13 | 13 | Art. 45.037. MOTION FOR NEW TRIAL. A motion for a new trial | |
| 14 | 14 | must be made within five days [one day] after the rendition of | |
| 15 | 15 | judgment and sentence, and not afterward. | |
| 16 | 16 | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | |
| 17 | 17 | to a judgment in a criminal proceeding entered on or after the | |
| 18 | 18 | effective date of this Act. A judgment in a criminal proceeding | |
| 19 | 19 | entered before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law | |
| 20 | 20 | in effect on the date the judgment was entered, and the former law | |
| 21 | 21 | is continued in effect for that purpose. | |
| 22 | 22 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |