78R1321 EMT-D
By: Dutton H.B. No. 345
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repealed: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.