80R7544 HLT-F
 
  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 30th [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.