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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to requiring DNA records of persons who are arrested under |
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certain circumstances, who are indicted, or who waive indictment |
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for certain felonies. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 411.1471(a), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a) This section applies to a defendant who is: |
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(1) indicted or waives indictment for a felony |
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prohibited or punishable under any of the following Penal Code |
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sections: |
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(A) Section 19.02; |
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(B) Section 19.03; |
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(C) Section 19.04; |
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(D) Section 20.04(a)(4); |
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(E) [(B)] Section 21.11; |
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(F) [(C)] Section 22.011; |
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(G) [(D)] Section 22.021; |
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(H) [(E)] Section 25.02; |
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(I) [(F)] Section 30.02(d); |
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(J) [(G)] Section 43.05; |
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(K) [(H)] Section 43.25; or |
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(L) [(I)] Section 43.26; |
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(2) arrested for a felony described by Subdivision (1) |
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after having been previously convicted of or placed on deferred |
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adjudication for an offense described by Subdivision (1) or an |
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offense punishable under Section 30.02(c)(2), Penal Code; or |
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(3) convicted of an offense under Section 21.07 or |
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21.08, Penal Code. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to a defendant who is arrested or who is indicted or waives |
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indictment on or after the effective date of this Act. A defendant |
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who was arrested or who was indicted or waived indictment before the |
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effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect at the |
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time the defendant was arrested, indicted, or waived indictment, as |
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applicable, and the former law is continued in effect for that |
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purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |