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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the date by which a prosecuting attorney may appeal |
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certain orders, rulings, or sentences in a criminal case. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Article 44.01(d), Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(d) The prosecuting attorney may not make an appeal under |
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Subsection (a) or (b) of this article later than the 20th [15th] day |
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after the date on which the order, ruling, or sentence to be |
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appealed is entered by the court. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law to Article 44.01, Code of |
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Criminal Procedure, made by this Act applies only to the appeal of |
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an order, ruling, or sentence entered on or after the effective date |
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of this Act. An order, ruling, or sentence entered before the |
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effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect when the |
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order, ruling, or sentence is entered, and the former law is |
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continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |