HBA-NLM H.B. 376 76(R) BILL ANALYSIS Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 376 By: Williams Criminal Jurisprudence 4/30/1999 Introduced BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Currently, the statute of limitations is three years for the crimes of kidnapping, injury to a child, injury to an elderly person, injury to a disabled person, and abandoning or endangering a child. H.B. 376 increases the statute of limitations for these crimes to five years. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution. SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS SECTION 1. Amends Article 12.01, Code of Criminal Procedure, to include kidnapping, injury to a child, elderly individual, or disabled individual, or abandoning or endangering a child among the list of offenses which may be presented for felony indictment within five years from the date of the commission of the offense, except as provided in Article 12.03 (Aggravated offenses, attempt, conspiracy, solicitation, organized criminal activity). Makes nonsubstantive changes. SECTION 2. Effective date: September 1, 1999. Makes application of this Act prospective. SECTION 3. Emergency clause.