| 1 | 1 | | 89R6230 JCG-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: West S.B. No. 1083 |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to the representation of an indigent person in certain |
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| 10 | 10 | | criminal proceedings in certain counties. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Article 26.04, Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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| 13 | 13 | | amended by adding Subsection (i-1) to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (i-1) This subsection applies only to a county with a |
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| 15 | 15 | | population of 2.5 million or more that is adjacent to a county with |
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| 16 | 16 | | a population of more than 2.1 million. Notwithstanding Subsection |
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| 17 | 17 | | (j)(2) or any other law, and if funds are appropriated by a county |
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| 18 | 18 | | for this purpose, an attorney may be appointed under this article to |
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| 19 | 19 | | represent an indigent person for the sole purpose of providing |
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| 20 | 20 | | counsel in relation to that person's appearance before a magistrate |
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| 21 | 21 | | as required by Article 14.06(a), 15.17(a), or 15.18(a). The |
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| 22 | 22 | | attorney may represent the person in subsequent proceedings of that |
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| 23 | 23 | | case, only if appointed for that purpose under the other provisions |
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| 24 | 24 | | of this article. |
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| 25 | 25 | | SECTION 2. Article 26.04(i-1), Code of Criminal Procedure, |
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| 26 | 26 | | as added by this Act, applies only to a person who is arrested on or |
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| 27 | 27 | | after the effective date of this Act. A person arrested before the |
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| 28 | 28 | | effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the |
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| 29 | 29 | | date the person was arrested, and the former law is continued in |
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| 30 | 30 | | effect for that purpose. |
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| 31 | 31 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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