By: Parker H.B. No. 2441

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to directed verdicts.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Title 1, Chapter 36, Code of Criminal Procedure, is amended by adding Subsection 36.44 to read as follows:

Art. 36.44. Directed Verdicts. No directed verdict, or its functional equivalent, may be granted prior to the jury having rendered its verdict .

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.