85R9734 SMT-D By: Walle H.B. No. 2237 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to a public defender's investigation into a defendant's finances. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Article 26.044(l), Code of Criminal Procedure, is repealed. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.