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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the use of pancuronium bromide to execute an inmate |
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sentenced to death. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Article 43.14, Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Art. 43.14. EXECUTION OF CONVICT. (a) Whenever the |
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sentence of death is pronounced against a convict, the sentence |
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shall be executed at any time after the hour of 6 p.m. on the day set |
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for the execution, by intravenous injection of a substance or |
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substances in a lethal quantity sufficient to cause death and until |
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such convict is dead, such execution procedure to be determined and |
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supervised by the director [Director] of the correctional |
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institutions [institutional] division of the Texas Department of |
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Criminal Justice. |
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(b) The substance pancuronium bromide may not be used to |
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execute a convict under this article. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the |
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legislative session. |