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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to providing psychological counseling to jurors or |
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alternate jurors in certain criminal trials. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Article 56.04, Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows: |
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(f) The crime victim liaison may arrange for not more than |
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10 hours of post-trial psychological counseling for a person who |
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serves as a juror or an alternate juror in the trial of an offense |
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under Section 15.031 or 33.021, Penal Code, or Chapter 19, 21, 22, |
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25, or 43, Penal Code, involving graphic evidence or testimony. The |
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crime victim liaison may provide the counseling using a provider |
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that assists local criminal justice agencies in providing similar |
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services to victims. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to the provision of counseling for a juror or an alternate juror in |
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a criminal trial that begins on or after the effective date of this |
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Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |