| 1 | 1 | | By: Burton, et al. S.B. No. 390 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (White of Tyler) |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to docket preference for trials in which the alleged |
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| 8 | 8 | | victim is younger than 14 years of age. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Article 32A.01, Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Art. 32A.01. TRIAL PRIORITIES. (a) Insofar as is |
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| 13 | 13 | | practicable, the trial of a criminal action shall be given |
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| 14 | 14 | | preference over trials of civil cases, and the trial of a criminal |
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| 15 | 15 | | action against a defendant who is detained in jail pending trial of |
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| 16 | 16 | | the action shall be given preference over trials of other criminal |
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| 17 | 17 | | actions not described by Subsection (b). |
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| 18 | 18 | | (b) Unless extraordinary circumstances require otherwise, |
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| 19 | 19 | | the trial of a criminal action in which the alleged victim is |
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| 20 | 20 | | younger than 14 years of age shall be given preference over other |
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| 21 | 21 | | matters before the court, whether civil or criminal. |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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