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| 1 | 1 | 84R10633 JRR-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Alvarado H.B. No. 1882 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to notice requirements for certain witnesses who are | |
| 8 | 8 | scheduled to appear before a grand jury. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Chapter 20, Code of Criminal Procedure, is | |
| 11 | 11 | amended by adding Article 20.125 to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Art. 20.125. NOTICE REQUIREMENT. A witness, including a | |
| 13 | 13 | witness who is an accused or suspected person, who does not receive | |
| 14 | 14 | a grant of immunity from prosecution in exchange for the witness's | |
| 15 | 15 | testimony before a grand jury is entitled to receive notice that the | |
| 16 | 16 | witness is scheduled to appear before the grand jury not later than | |
| 17 | 17 | the 10th day before the date that any appearance before the grand | |
| 18 | 18 | jury is required, unless the notice is waived by the witness. | |
| 19 | 19 | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | |
| 20 | 20 | to a grand jury proceeding that begins on or after the effective | |
| 21 | 21 | date of this Act. A grand jury proceeding that begins before the | |
| 22 | 22 | effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the | |
| 23 | 23 | date the proceeding began, and the former law is continued in effect | |
| 24 | 24 | for that purpose. | |
| 25 | 25 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |