1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the compensation of certain private investigators and 1-3 witnesses who are retained by appointed counsel. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Article 26.05, Code of Criminal Procedure, is 1-6 amended by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows: 1-7 (f) Reimbursement of expenses incurred for purposes of 1-8 investigation or expert testimony may be paid directly to a private 1-9 investigator licensed under the Private Investigators and Private 1-10 Security Agencies Act (Article 4413(29bb), Vernon's Texas Civil 1-11 Statutes) or to an expert witness in the manner designated by 1-12 appointed counsel and approved by the court. 1-13 SECTION 2. Article 26.052(l), Code of Criminal Procedure, is 1-14 amended to read as follows: 1-15 (l) An attorney appointed under this article to represent a 1-16 defendant at trial or on direct appeal is compensated as provided 1-17 by Article 26.05 from county funds. Advance payment of expenses 1-18 anticipated or reimbursement of expenses incurred for purposes of 1-19 investigation or expert testimony may be paid directly to a private 1-20 investigator licensed under the Private Investigators and Private 1-21 Security Agencies Act (Article 4413(29bb), Vernon's Texas Civil 1-22 Statutes) or to an expert witness in the manner designated by 1-23 appointed counsel and approved by the court. 1-24 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999. 2-1 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the 2-2 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-3 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-4 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-5 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended. _______________________________ _______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I certify that H.B. No. 1752 was passed by the House on April 30, 1999, by a non-record vote; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. No. 1752 on May 22, 1999, by a non-record vote. _______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House I certify that H.B. No. 1752 was passed by the Senate, with amendments, on May 20, 1999, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0. _______________________________ Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: _____________________ Date _____________________ Governor