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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the determination that certain criminal offenses |
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involve family violence. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Article 42.013, Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Art. 42.013. FINDING OF FAMILY VIOLENCE. In the trial of an |
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offense under Title 5, Penal Code, if the trier of fact [court] |
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determines that the offense involved family violence, as defined by |
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Section 71.004, Family Code, the court shall make an affirmative |
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finding of that fact and enter the affirmative finding in the |
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judgment of the case. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |