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


Senate Research Center   S.B. 328
77R2272 GWK-DBy: Jackson
Criminal Justice
1/24/2001
As Filed


DIGEST AND PURPOSE 

Under current 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.  As proposed, 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.