1-1     By:  Barrientos                                       S.B. No. 1110
 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed March 6, 2001; March 7, 2001, read
 1-3     first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice;
 1-4     April 23, 2001, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
 1-5     Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 5, Nays 0; April 23, 2001,
 1-6     sent to printer.)
 1-7     COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1110                By:  Moncrief
 1-8                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-9                                   AN ACT
1-10     relating to reports concerning the prosecution of offenses
1-11     committed because of bias or prejudice.
1-12           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-13           SECTION 1.  Chapter 2, Code of Criminal Procedure, is amended
1-14     by adding Article 2.27 to read as follows:
1-15           Art. 2.27.  REPORT OF OFFENSE COMMITTED BECAUSE OF BIAS OR
1-16     PREJUDICE.  Not later than the 30th day after the date on which a
1-17     judgment is entered in a criminal case in which an affirmative
1-18     finding under Article 42.014 is requested by the attorney
1-19     representing the state, the court clerk shall notify the office of
1-20     the attorney general of that fact.  The court clerk shall include
1-21     in the report a statement as to whether the affirmative finding was
1-22     entered in the judgment in the case.
1-23           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-24     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-25     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-26     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-27     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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