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| 1 | 1 | 87R6932 MAW-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Dominguez H.B. No. 1712 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the representation of an indigent person in certain | |
| 8 | 8 | criminal proceedings. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Article 26.04, Code of Criminal Procedure, is | |
| 11 | 11 | amended by adding Subsection (i-1) to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (i-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (j)(2) or any other law, | |
| 13 | 13 | an attorney may be appointed under this article to represent an | |
| 14 | 14 | indigent person for the sole purpose of providing counsel in | |
| 15 | 15 | relation to that person's appearance before a magistrate as | |
| 16 | 16 | required by Article 14.06(a), 15.17(a), or 15.18(a). The attorney | |
| 17 | 17 | may represent the person in subsequent proceedings of that case, | |
| 18 | 18 | only if appointed for that purpose under the other provisions of | |
| 19 | 19 | this article. | |
| 20 | 20 | SECTION 2. Article 26.04(i-1), Code of Criminal Procedure, | |
| 21 | 21 | as added by this Act, applies only to a person who is arrested on or | |
| 22 | 22 | after the effective date of this Act. A person arrested before the | |
| 23 | 23 | effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the | |
| 24 | 24 | date the person was arrested, and the former law is continued in | |
| 25 | 25 | effect for that purpose. | |
| 26 | 26 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |