By Goolsby H.B. No. 1185 77R4795 GWK-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to authorizing the court of criminal appeals to adopt 1-3 rules of criminal procedure. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 22, Government Code, is 1-6 amended by adding Section 22.111 to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 22.111. RULES OF PROCEDURE IN CRIMINAL CASES. (a) The 1-8 court of criminal appeals has the full rulemaking power in the 1-9 promulgation of rules of procedure in the trials of criminal cases. 1-10 (b) The court of criminal appeals may promulgate a 1-11 comprehensive body of rules of procedure in the trials of criminal 1-12 cases and from time to time may promulgate a specific rule or rules 1-13 of procedure or an amendment or amendments to a specific rule or 1-14 rules. Rules and amendments adopted under this subsection are 1-15 effective at the time the court of criminal appeals considers 1-16 expedient in the interest of the proper administration of justice. 1-17 (c) The rules of procedure in the trials of criminal cases 1-18 shall be published in the Texas Register and in the Texas Bar 1-19 Journal. The court of criminal appeals may adopt the method it 1-20 considers expedient for the printing and distribution of the rules. 1-21 SECTION 2. The Code of Criminal Procedure is repealed 1-22 effective on the date a copy of a comprehensive body of rules of 1-23 procedure in criminal cases is filed by the court of criminal 1-24 appeals with the secretary of state. 2-1 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 2-2 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 2-3 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this 2-4 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 2-5 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.