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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 and to the |
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posting of notice for a criminal court docket. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 17, Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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amended by adding Article 17.085 to read as follows: |
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Art. 17.085. NOTICE OF APPEARANCE DATE. The clerk of a court |
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that does not provide online Internet access to that court's |
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criminal case records shall post in a designated public place in the |
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courthouse notice of a criminal court docket setting not less than |
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48 hours before the docket setting. |
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SECTION 2. 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 3. The change in law by the addition of Article |
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17.085, Code of Criminal Procedure, made by this Act applies only to |
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a bond issued on or after the effective date of this Act. A bond |
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issued before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law |
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in effect at the time the bond was issued, and the former law is |
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continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 4. 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 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1801 was passed by the House on May |
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10, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 1, 2 present, not |
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voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to |
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H.B. No. 1801 on May 25, 2007, and requested the appointment of a |
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conference committee to consider the differences between the two |
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houses; and that the House adopted the conference committee report |
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on H.B. No. 1801 on May 28, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 139, |
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Nays 0, 3 present, not voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1801 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 23, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays |
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0; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference |
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committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and |
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that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No. |
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1801 on May 27, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |