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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to creating a transparent and deliberative process by |
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which execution procedures are determined. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Article 43.14 of the Texas Code of Criminal |
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Procedure is amended to read as follows: |
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Tex. Code Crim. Proc. Art 43.14 Execution of Convict. Whenever the |
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sentence of death is pronounced against a convict, the sentence |
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shall be executed at any time after the hour of 6 pm. On the day set |
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for the execution, by intravenous injection of a substance or |
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substances in a lethal quantity sufficient to cause death and until |
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such convict is dead, such execution procedure to be determined and |
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supervised by the director of the correctional institutions |
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division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice such execution |
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procedure is to be determined at an open meeting by the Texas Board |
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of Criminal Justice in accordance with chapter 2001 of the |
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Government Code. The implementation of such procedures shall be |
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supervised by the director of the correctional institutions |
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division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. The director |
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shall notify the inmate and his attorney, in writing, of the lethal |
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substance or substances to be used, and the source for and |
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expiration date of same, no less than 30 days before the scheduled |
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execution. |
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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, 2011. |