By: Zerwas H.B. No. 1801
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the date by which a prosecuting attorney may appeal
  certain orders, rulings, or sentences in a criminal case.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Article 44.01(d), Code of Criminal Procedure, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (d)  The prosecuting attorney may not make an appeal under
  Subsection (a) or (b) of this article later than the 20th [15th] day
  after the date on which the order, ruling, or sentence to be
  appealed is entered by the court.
         SECTION 2.  The change in law to Article 44.01, Code of
  Criminal Procedure, made by this Act applies only to the appeal of
  an order, ruling, or sentence entered on or after the effective date
  of this Act. An order, ruling, or sentence entered before the
  effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect when the
  order, ruling, or sentence is entered, and the former law is
  continued in effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.