By Nelson S.B. No. 23
76R1933 GWK-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the duration of certain emergency protection orders
1-3 issued by magistrates.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Article 17.292(i), Code of Criminal Procedure, is
1-6 amended to read as follows:
1-7 (i) An order for emergency protection issued under this
1-8 article is effective on issuance, and the defendant shall be served
1-9 a copy of the order in open court. An order for emergency
1-10 protection issued under this article remains in effect until the
1-11 61st [31st] day after the date of issuance.
1-12 SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
1-13 to the duration of an order for emergency protection issued on or
1-14 after the effective date of this Act. The duration of an order for
1-15 emergency protection issued before the effective date of this Act
1-16 is covered by the law in effect when the order was issued, and the
1-17 former law is continued in effect for this purpose.
1-18 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
1-19 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the
1-20 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-21 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-22 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-23 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.