SRC-JBJ S.B. 328 77(R)BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research CenterS.B. 328
By: Jackson
Criminal Justice
6/5/2001
Enrolled


DIGEST AND PURPOSE 

Under Texas law, the statute of limitations to prosecute a case involving
injury to a child, an elderly individual, or a disabled individual is three
years, a term which can cause an undue and unnecessary burden on the
prosecution of such cases.  S.B. 328 increases the statute of limitations
from three to ten years for these felony offenses.   

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a
state officer, institution, or agency. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Article 12.01, Code of Criminal Procedure, to authorize
felony indictments, except as provided in Article 12.03, to be presented
within certain limits, including within ten years from the date of the
commission of the offense involving injury to a child, an elderly
individual, or a disabled individual punishable as a felony of the first
degree under Section 22.04 (Injury to a Child, Elderly Individual, or
Disabled Individual), Penal Code, and not afterward. 

SECTION 2.  Effective date: September 1, 2001.
            Makes application of this Act prospective.