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