81R2485 GCB-D
 
  By: Alonzo H.B. No. 195
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to pretrial hearings in criminal cases.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Article 28.01, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
  amended by adding Section 4 to read as follows:
         Sec. 4.  A court shall set a pre-trial hearing in any
  criminal case if the state or the defendant requests the hearing.  
  The court must hold the hearing not later than the 30th day before
  the date on which trial commences.
         SECTION 2.  This Act applies only to a criminal case in which
  the indictment or information is presented to the court on or after
  the effective date of this Act. A criminal case in which the
  indictment or information is presented to the court before the
  effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect when the
  indictment or information is presented, and the former law is
  continued in effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.