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| 1 | - | By: Raymond (Senate Sponsor - Ellis) H.B. No. 1386 | |
| 2 | - | (In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2015; | |
| 3 | - | May 7, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal | |
| 4 | - | Justice; May 21, 2015, reported favorably by the following vote: | |
| 5 | - | Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 21, 2015, sent to printer.) | |
| 6 | - | Click here to see the committee vote | |
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| 18 | - | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 19 | 4 | AN ACT | |
| 20 | 5 | relating to the prohibition of more than one counsel appearing in a | |
| 21 | 6 | misdemeanor case. | |
| 22 | 7 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 23 | 8 | SECTION 1. Article 45.020(b), Code of Criminal Procedure, | |
| 24 | 9 | is amended to read as follows: | |
| 25 | 10 | (b) [Not more than one counsel shall conduct either the | |
| 26 | 11 | prosecution or defense.] State's counsel may open and conclude the | |
| 27 | 12 | argument in the case. | |
| 28 | 13 | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | |
| 29 | 14 | to a criminal proceeding that commences on or after the effective | |
| 30 | 15 | date of this Act. A criminal proceeding that commences before the | |
| 31 | 16 | effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the | |
| 32 | 17 | date the proceeding commences, and the former law is continued in | |
| 33 | 18 | effect for that purpose. | |
| 34 | 19 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | |
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| 20 | + | ______________________________ ______________________________ | |
| 21 | + | President of the Senate Speaker of the House | |
| 22 | + | I certify that H.B. No. 1386 was passed by the House on May 5, | |
| 23 | + | 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, 2 present, not | |
| 24 | + | voting. | |
| 25 | + | ______________________________ | |
| 26 | + | Chief Clerk of the House | |
| 27 | + | I certify that H.B. No. 1386 was passed by the Senate on May | |
| 28 | + | 22, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | |
| 29 | + | ______________________________ | |
| 30 | + | Secretary of the Senate | |
| 31 | + | APPROVED: _____________________ | |
| 32 | + | Date | |
| 33 | + | _____________________ | |
| 34 | + | Governor |