Amend SB 1230 as follows: (1) In SECTION 4 of the bill, in added Subchapter A, Chapter 45, Code of Criminal procedure (House Committee Printing, page 3, between lines 15 and 16), insert the following: Art. 45.003. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "day" does not include Saturday, Sunday, or a legal holiday. (2) Add the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill: SECTION ____. Subchapter B, Chapter 45, Code of Criminal Procedure, is amended by adding Article 45.013 to read as follows: Art. 45.013. FILING WITH CLERK BY MAIL. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, for the purposes of this chapter a document is considered timely filed with the clerk of a court if: (1) the document is deposited with the United States Postal Service in a first class postage prepaid envelope properly addressed to the clerk on or before the date the document is required to be filed with the clerk; and (2) the clerk receives the document not later than the 10th day after the date the document is required to be filed with the clerk. (b) A legible postmark affixed by the United States Postal Service is prima facie evidence of the date the document is deposited with the United States Postal Service. SECTION ____. Article 45.013, Code of Criminal Procedure, as added by this Act, applies only to a document required to be filed on or after the effective date of this Act. (3) Renumber the remaining SECTIONS of the bill accordingly.