H.B. No. 670




AN ACT

relating to the use of pseudonyms for victims of certain criminal 
offenses connected to the commission of a sex offense.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Article 57.01(4), Code of Criminal Procedure, is  
amended to read as follows:
		(4)  "Victim" means a person who was the subject of:                   
			(A)  an offense the commission of which leads to a 
reportable conviction or adjudication under Chapter 62; or
			(B)  an offense that is part of the same criminal 
episode, as defined by Section 3.01, Penal Code, as an offense 
described by Paragraph (A) [Article 6252-13c.1, Revised Statutes].
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.                           




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   President of the Senate                               Speaker of the House      

	I certify that H.B. No. 670 was passed by the House on April 
24, 2003, by a non-record vote.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Chief Clerk of the House   

	I certify that H.B. No. 670 was passed by the Senate on May 
28, 2003, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Secretary of the Senate    



APPROVED:  _____________________                                            
 
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                 Governor