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| 1 | 1 | 85R9311 MCK-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Blanco H.B. No. 4256 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the jurisdiction of courts in criminal matters | |
| 8 | 8 | involving allegations of sexual assault by a member of the state | |
| 9 | 9 | military forces. | |
| 10 | 10 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 11 | 11 | SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 432, Government Code, is | |
| 12 | 12 | amended by adding Section 432.006 to read as follows: | |
| 13 | 13 | Sec. 432.006. PROSECUTION OF SEXUAL ASSAULT. (a) A | |
| 14 | 14 | criminal case alleging a sexual assault committed by a member of the | |
| 15 | 15 | state military forces must first be tried in an appropriate state | |
| 16 | 16 | court with jurisdiction over the case. | |
| 17 | 17 | (b) A military court may not try a person subject to this | |
| 18 | 18 | chapter for committing an offense described by Subsection (a) until | |
| 19 | 19 | any state prosecution of the offense is complete. | |
| 20 | 20 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 21 | 21 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 22 | 22 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 23 | 23 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 24 | 24 | Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |