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Amend CSSB 1717 (house committee printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered ARTICLE to the bill and renumbering subsequent ARTICLES and SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

ARTICLE ____. PRETRIAL HEARINGS IN CRIMINAL CASES

SECTION ____.01. 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 a criminal case other than a case involving only an offense punishable as a Class C misdemeanor, if not later than the 60th day before the date on which trial commences, the state or the defendant requests the hearing. The court must:

(1) hold the requested hearing not later than the 30th day before the date on which trial commences; and

(2) to the extent feasible, rule at the hearing on all pre-trial motions filed in the case.

SECTION ____.02 The change in law made by this article 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.