84R11428 KJE-D
By: Bettencourt S.B. No. 966
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the recording of the presentment of an indictment by a
grand jury.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Article 20.22(b), Code of Criminal Procedure, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) If the defendant is not in custody or under bond at the
time of the presentment of indictment, the indictment may not be
made public [and the entry in the record of the court relating to
the indictment must be delayed] until the capias is served and the
defendant is placed in custody or under bond.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2015.