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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to notice to inmates and their attorneys of lethal |
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substance or substances to be used in lethal injection. |
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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. |
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Whenever the sentence of death is pronounced against a convict, the |
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sentence shall be executed at any time after the hour of 6 pm. On |
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the day set for the execution, by intravenous injection of a |
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substance or substances in a lethal quantity sufficient to cause |
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death and until such convict is dead, such execution procedure to be |
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determined and supervised by the director of the correctional |
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institutions division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. |
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The director shall notify the inmate and his attorney, in writing, |
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of the lethal substance or substances to be used, and the source for |
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and expiration date of same, no less than 30 days before the |
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scheduled execution. |