By Burnam, Dutton, Turner of Harris,                  H.B. No. 2048
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the punishment for a capital felony committed by a
 1-3     person who is younger than 18 years of age at the time of
 1-4     committing the felony.
 1-5           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-6           SECTION 1. Section 8.07(c), Penal Code, is amended to read as
 1-7     follows:
 1-8           (c)  No person may, in any case, be punished by death for an
 1-9     offense committed while he was younger than 18 [17] years.
1-10           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-11     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-12     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-13     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-14     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.