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By:  Dutton                                                       H.B. No. 343



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the abolition of the death penalty.                               
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  REPEALER.  The following provisions are 
repealed:                
		(1)  Sections 8.07(c) and 19.03, Penal Code; and                              
		(2)  Articles 37.071, 37.0711, and 43.14-43.25, Code of 
Criminal Procedure. 
	SECTION 2.  EFFECTIVE DATE; TRANSITION. (a)  This Act 
takes effect September 1, 2003.
	(b)  The change in law made by this Act applies only to an 
offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.  For 
purposes of this section, an offense is committed before the 
effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurs 
before that date.
	(c)  An offense committed before the effective date of this 
Act is covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed, 
and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.