| 1 | | - | By: Moody, Alonzo (Senate Sponsor - RodrÃguez) H.B. No. 511 |
|---|
| 2 | | - | (In the Senate - Received from the House April 22, 2015; |
|---|
| 3 | | - | April 27, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on |
|---|
| 4 | | - | Criminal Justice; May 6, 2015, reported favorably by the following |
|---|
| 5 | | - | vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 6, 2015, sent to printer.) |
|---|
| 6 | | - | Click here to see the committee vote |
|---|
| 1 | + | H.B. No. 511 |
|---|
| 10 | 4 | | AN ACT |
|---|
| 11 | 5 | | relating to the prosecution of certain offenses committed against a |
|---|
| 12 | 6 | | person in custody. |
|---|
| 13 | 7 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
|---|
| 14 | 8 | | SECTION 1. Section 39.04(e)(1), Penal Code, is amended to |
|---|
| 15 | 9 | | read as follows: |
|---|
| 16 | 10 | | (1) "Correctional facility" means: |
|---|
| 17 | 11 | | (A) any place described by Section 1.07(a)(14); |
|---|
| 18 | 12 | | [or] |
|---|
| 19 | 13 | | (B) any place or facility designated for the |
|---|
| 20 | 14 | | detention of a person suspected of violating a provision of the |
|---|
| 21 | 15 | | Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. Section 1101 et seq.); or |
|---|
| 22 | 16 | | (C) a "secure correctional facility" or "secure |
|---|
| 23 | 17 | | detention facility" as defined by Section 51.02, Family Code. |
|---|
| 24 | 18 | | SECTION 2. Section 8B(a), Article 18.20, Code of Criminal |
|---|
| 25 | 19 | | Procedure, is amended to read as follows: |
|---|
| 26 | 20 | | (a) In this section, "correctional facility" means: |
|---|
| 27 | 21 | | (1) any place described by Section 1.07(a)(14), Penal |
|---|
| 28 | 22 | | Code; or |
|---|
| 29 | 23 | | (2) a "secure correctional facility" or "secure |
|---|
| 30 | 24 | | detention facility" as defined by Section 51.02, Family Code [has |
|---|
| 31 | 25 | | the meaning assigned by Section 39.04(e), Penal Code]. |
|---|
| 32 | 26 | | SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
|---|
| 33 | 27 | | to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. |
|---|
| 34 | 28 | | An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is |
|---|
| 35 | 29 | | governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, |
|---|
| 36 | 30 | | and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For |
|---|
| 37 | 31 | | purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the |
|---|
| 38 | 32 | | effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred |
|---|
| 39 | 33 | | before that date. |
|---|
| 40 | 34 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
|---|
| 41 | | - | * * * * * |
|---|
| 35 | + | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
|---|
| 36 | + | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
|---|
| 37 | + | I certify that H.B. No. 511 was passed by the House on April |
|---|
| 38 | + | 21, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, 1 present, not |
|---|
| 39 | + | voting. |
|---|
| 40 | + | ______________________________ |
|---|
| 41 | + | Chief Clerk of the House |
|---|
| 42 | + | I certify that H.B. No. 511 was passed by the Senate on May |
|---|
| 43 | + | 15, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
|---|
| 44 | + | ______________________________ |
|---|
| 45 | + | Secretary of the Senate |
|---|
| 46 | + | APPROVED: _____________________ |
|---|
| 47 | + | Date |
|---|
| 48 | + | _____________________ |
|---|
| 49 | + | Governor |
|---|