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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the period during which a motion for a new trial in a |
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criminal proceeding in a justice or municipal court must be made. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Article 45.037, Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Art. 45.037. MOTION FOR NEW TRIAL. A motion for a new trial |
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must be made within five days [one day] after the rendition of |
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judgment and sentence, and not afterward. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to a judgment in a criminal proceeding entered on or after the |
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effective date of this Act. A judgment in a criminal proceeding |
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entered before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law |
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in effect on the date the judgment was entered, and the former law |
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is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |