By: Zerwas Senate Sponsor-Hegar H.B. No. 1801
       (In the Senate - Received from the House May 11, 2007;
May 15, 2007, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal
Justice; May 21, 2007, reported adversely, with favorable
Committee Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 6, Nays 0;
May 21, 2007, sent to printer.)
 
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 1801 By:  Whitmire
 
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 and to the
posting of notice for a criminal court docket.
       BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
       SECTION 1.  Chapter 17, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
amended by adding Article 17.085 to read as follows:
       Art. 17.085.  NOTICE OF APPEARANCE DATE.  The clerk of a court
that does not provide online Internet access to that court's
criminal case records shall post in a designated public place in the
courthouse notice of a criminal court docket setting not less than
48 hours before the docket setting.
       SECTION 2.  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 3.  The change in law by the addition of Article
17.085, Code of Criminal Procedure, made by this Act applies only to
a bond issued on or after the effective date of this Act.  A bond
issued before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law
in effect at the time the bond was issued, and the former law is
continued in effect for that purpose.
       SECTION 4.  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 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.
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