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Amend Floor Amendment No. 1 to CSSB 60 by adding the following
appropriately numbered SECTION and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS
to read as follows:
SECTION __. Subchapter E, Chapter 72, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 72.087 to read as follows:
Sec. 72.087. CAPITAL TRIALS. (a) The office shall annually
collect and publish a report of information regarding cases
involving the trial of a capital offense.
(b) The report must include:
(1) the manner in which the trial court charges the
jury;
(2) the contents of the trial court's charge to the
jury; and
(3) the sentence issued in each case.
(c) Not later than the 30th day after the date the judgment
of conviction or acquittal is entered in a case involving the trial
of a capital offense, the judge or clerk of the court shall submit
to the office a written record of the case containing the
information required by Subsection (b).