1-1 By: Hirschi (Senate Sponsor - Haywood) H.B. No. 2289
1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House May 8, 1995;
1-3 May 9, 1995, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal
1-4 Justice; May 17, 1995, reported favorably, as amended, by the
1-5 following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 17, 1995, sent to printer.)
1-6 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1 By: Moncrief
1-7 Amend House Bill 2289 by striking Section 1 and replacing it with
1-8 the following:
1-9 SECTION 1. Article 26.043(g), Code of Criminal Procedure, is
1-10 amended to read as follows:
1-11 (g) The public defender or an assistant public defender
1-12 (1) shall represent each indigent person in Wichita
1-13 County who is:
1-14 (a) charged with a criminal offense in the
1-15 county; or <Wichita County and>
1-16 (b) a <each indigent> minor who is a party to a
1-17 juvenile delinquency proceeding in the county; and
1-18 (2) may represent each indigent person in Wichita
1-19 County who is entitled to representation under:
1-20 (a) Chapter 462, Health and Safety Code;
1-21 (b) Subtitle C, Title 7, Health and Safety Code;
1-22 or
1-23 (c) Subtitle D, Title 7, Health and Safety Code.
1-24 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-25 AN ACT
1-26 relating to the representation of certain indigent persons by
1-27 public defenders in Wichita County.
1-28 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-29 SECTION 1. Article 26.043(g), Code of Criminal Procedure, is
1-30 amended to read as follows:
1-31 (g) The public defender or an assistant public defender may
1-32 <shall> represent each indigent person in Wichita County who is:
1-33 (1) charged with a criminal offense in the county;
1-34 <Wichita County and>
1-35 (2) a <each indigent> minor who is a party to a
1-36 juvenile delinquency proceeding in the county; or
1-37 (3) entitled to representation under:
1-38 (A) Chapter 462, Health and Safety Code;
1-39 (B) Subtitle C, Title 7, Health and Safety Code;
1-40 or
1-41 (C) Subtitle D, Title 7, Health and Safety Code.
1-42 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1995.
1-43 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
1-44 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-45 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-46 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-47 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
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