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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the venue for prosecution of certain theft offenses. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Article 13.08, Code of Criminal |
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Procedure, is amended to read as follows: |
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(a) Where property is stolen in one county and removed [by
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the offender] to another county, the offender may be prosecuted |
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either in the county in which [where he took] the property was |
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stolen or in any other county through or into which the property was |
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[he may have] removed [the same]. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies only to a criminal case in which |
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the indictment, information, or complaint is presented to the court |
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on or after the effective date of this Act. A criminal case in which |
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the indictment, information, or complaint was presented to the |
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court before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law |
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in effect when the indictment, information, or complaint was |
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presented, and the former law is continued in effect for that |
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purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |