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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the statute of limitations for misdemeanors. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Article 12.02, Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Art. 12.02. MISDEMEANORS. An indictment, [or] |
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information, or complaint for any misdemeanor may be presented |
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within two years from the date of the commission of the offense, and |
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not afterward. |
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SECTION 2. Chapter 12, Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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amended by adding Article 12.08 to read as follows: |
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Art. 12.08. A COMPLAINT IS "PRESENTED," WHEN. A complaint |
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is considered as "presented" when it has been filed by the proper |
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officer in the proper court. |
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SECTION 3. The change in law made by Article 12.02, Code of |
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Criminal Procedure, as amended by this Act, does not apply to an |
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offense if the prosecution of that offense became barred by |
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limitation before the effective date of this Act. The prosecution |
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of that offense remains barred as if this Act had not taken effect. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |