| 1 | 1 | | 85R2117 MAW-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Perry S.B. No. 565 |
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| 4 | 4 | | |
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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 the creation of records of the DNA of certain defendants |
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| 8 | 8 | | for inclusion in the DNA database system. |
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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. Section 411.1471(a), Government Code, is amended |
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| 11 | 11 | | to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (a) This section applies to a defendant who is: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (1) indicted or waives indictment for a felony |
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| 14 | 14 | | prohibited or punishable under any of the following Penal Code |
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| 15 | 15 | | sections: |
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| 16 | 16 | | (A) Section 20.04(a)(4); |
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| 17 | 17 | | (B) Section 21.11; |
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| 18 | 18 | | (C) Section 22.011; |
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| 19 | 19 | | (D) Section 22.021; |
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| 20 | 20 | | (E) Section 25.02; |
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| 21 | 21 | | (F) Section 30.02(d); |
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| 22 | 22 | | (G) Section 43.05; |
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| 23 | 23 | | (H) Section 43.25; |
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| 24 | 24 | | (I) Section 43.26; |
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| 25 | 25 | | (J) Section 21.02; or |
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| 26 | 26 | | (K) Section 20A.03; |
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| 27 | 27 | | (2) arrested for a felony described by Subdivision (1) |
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| 28 | 28 | | after having been previously convicted of or placed on deferred |
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| 29 | 29 | | adjudication for an offense described by Subdivision (1) or an |
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| 30 | 30 | | offense punishable under Section 30.02(c)(2), Penal Code; or |
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| 31 | 31 | | (3) convicted of an offense: |
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| 32 | 32 | | (A) under Title 5, Penal Code, other than an |
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| 33 | 33 | | offense described by Subdivision (1), that is punishable as a Class |
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| 34 | 34 | | A misdemeanor or any higher category of offense, except for an |
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| 35 | 35 | | offense punishable as a Class A misdemeanor under Section 20.02, |
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| 36 | 36 | | 22.01, or 22.05, Penal Code; or |
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| 37 | 37 | | (B) under Section 21.08, 25.04, 43.02(b), 43.03, |
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| 38 | 38 | | or 43.24, Penal Code. |
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| 39 | 39 | | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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| 40 | 40 | | to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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| 41 | 41 | | An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is |
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| 42 | 42 | | governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, |
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| 43 | 43 | | and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For |
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| 44 | 44 | | purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the |
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| 45 | 45 | | effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred |
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| 46 | 46 | | before that date. |
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| 47 | 47 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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