By Barrientos S.B. No. 1110 77R3404 GWK-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to reports concerning the prosecution of offenses 1-3 committed because of bias or prejudice. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Chapter 2, Code of Criminal Procedure, is amended 1-6 by adding Article 2.27 to read as follows: 1-7 Art. 2.27. REPORT OF OFFENSE COMMITTED BECAUSE OF BIAS OR 1-8 PREJUDICE. Not later than the 30th day after the date on which a 1-9 judgment is entered in a criminal case in which an affirmative 1-10 finding under Article 42.014 is requested by the attorney 1-11 representing the state, the attorney shall notify the office of the 1-12 attorney general of that fact. The attorney representing the state 1-13 shall include in the report a statement as to whether the 1-14 affirmative finding was entered in the judgment in the case. 1-15 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 1-16 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 1-17 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this 1-18 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 1-19 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.