By Swinford H.B. No. 1974 76R7748 JD-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to appeals of convictions obtained in justice courts and 1-3 municipal courts. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Chapter 44, Code of Criminal Procedure, is 1-6 amended by adding Article 44.21 to read as follows: 1-7 Art. 44.21. DEFERRED ADJUDICATION, DEFERRAL OF FINAL 1-8 DISPOSITION, OR DISMISSAL OF CHARGE ON APPEAL. In an appeal from a 1-9 justice court or municipal court, including a municipal court of 1-10 record, the county court may not grant the defendant a deferred 1-11 adjudication, defer the final disposition of the defendant's case, 1-12 or dismiss the charge under Subchapter B, Chapter 543, 1-13 Transportation Code. 1-14 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999. The 1-15 change in law made by this Act applies only to an appeal from a 1-16 justice court or a municipal court that is perfected on or after 1-17 September 1, 1999. An appeal from a justice court or a municipal 1-18 court that is perfected before September 1, 1999, is governed by 1-19 the law in effect on the date the appeal was perfected, and the 1-20 former law is continued in effect for that purpose. 1-21 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-22 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-23 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-24 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-1 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.