By Martinez Fischer                                   H.B. No. 3613
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the sentencing of a conviction of an offense for which
 1-3     punishment is enhanced under Section 12.43(c), Penal Code.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Section 15A, Chapter 42, Texas Code of Criminal
 1-6     Procedure, is amended by adding Subsection (c) as follows:
 1-7           Sec. 15A.  (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (b) and (c).
 1-8           (c)  Subsection (a) does not apply if upon a showing of good
 1-9     cause, a court may dispense with Subsection (b) and impose a
1-10     sanction under Section 12.43 of the Penal Code.
1-11           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.