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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the creation of DNA records for the DNA database system. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Article 102.020(a), Code of Criminal Procedure, |
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is amended to read as follows: |
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(a) A person shall pay $250 as a court cost on conviction of |
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an offense listed in Section 411.1471(a)(1), Government Code, and |
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$50 as a court cost on conviction of an offense described by [listed
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in] Section 411.1471(a)(3) of that code. |
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SECTION 2. The heading to Section 411.1471, Government |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 411.1471. DNA RECORDS OF PERSONS CHARGED WITH OR |
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CONVICTED OF CERTAIN OFFENSES [FELONIES]. |
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SECTION 3. Section 411.1471(a), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a) This section applies to a defendant who [is]: |
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(1) is indicted or waives indictment for a felony |
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prohibited or punishable under any of the following Penal Code |
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sections: |
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(A) Section 20.04(a)(4); |
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(B) Section 21.11; |
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(C) Section 22.011; |
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(D) Section 22.021; |
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(E) Section 25.02; |
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(F) Section 30.02(d); |
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(G) Section 43.05; |
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(H) Section 43.25; |
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(I) Section 43.26; or |
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(J) Section 21.02; |
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(2) is arrested for a felony described by Subdivision |
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(1) after having been previously convicted of or placed on deferred |
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adjudication for an offense described by Subdivision (1) or an |
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offense punishable under Section 30.02(c)(2), Penal Code; or |
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(3) is convicted of or placed on deferred adjudication |
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for an offense punishable as a Class B misdemeanor or higher [under
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Section 21.07 or 21.08, Penal Code]. |
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SECTION 4. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is |
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covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed, and the |
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former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of |
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this section, an offense was committed before the effective date of |
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this Act if any element of the offense occurred before that date. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |