By Raymond H.B. No. 2173
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2173:
By Granoff C.S.H.B. No. 2173
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to providing venue restrictions in counties of less than
1-3 2,000,000.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. The heading of Article 45.22, Code of Criminal
1-6 Procedure, is amended to read as follows:
1-7 Art. 45.22. OFFENSES IN COUNTIES OF LESS THAN
1-8 2,000,000 <225,000>; VENUE; FEE OF CONSTABLE; PENALTIES
1-9 SECTION 2. Section 4, Article 45.22, Code of Criminal
1-10 Procedure, is amended to read as follows:
1-11 Sec. 4. The provisions of this Article shall apply only to
1-12 counties having a population of less than 2,000,000 <225,000 or
1-13 over> according to the last preceding federal census.
1-14 SECTION 3. (a) The change in law made by this Act applies
1-15 only to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this
1-16 Act. For purposes of this section, an offense is committed before
1-17 the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurs
1-18 before the effective date.
1-19 (b) An offense committed before the effective date of this
1-20 Act is covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed,
1-21 and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
1-22 SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 1993.
1-23 SECTION 5. The importance of this legislation and the
1-24 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-1 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-2 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-3 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.