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AN ACT
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relating to the definition of victim in relation to certain crime |
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victims' rights. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Article 56.01(3), Code of Criminal Procedure, as |
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amended by Chapters 66 (H.B. 1489) and 268 (S.B. 6), Acts of the |
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79th Legislature, Regular Session, 2005, is reenacted and amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(3) "Victim" means a person who is the victim of the |
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offense of sexual assault, kidnapping, aggravated robbery, |
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trafficking of persons, or injury to a child, elderly individual, |
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or disabled individual or who has suffered personal injury or death |
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as a result of the criminal conduct of another. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1372 was passed by the House on April |
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22, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 149, Nays 0, 1 present, not |
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voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1372 was passed by the Senate on May |
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27, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |