79R576 UM-D

By:  Dutton                                                       H.B. No. 452



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.  The following provisions are repealed:                             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.  (a)  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.
	(b)  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.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.