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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to docket preference for trials in which the alleged |
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victim is younger than 14 years of age. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Article 32A.01, Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Art. 32A.01. TRIAL PRIORITIES. (a) Insofar as is |
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practicable, the trial of a criminal action shall be given |
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preference over trials of civil cases, and the trial of a criminal |
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action against a defendant who is detained in jail pending trial of |
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the action shall be given preference over trials of other criminal |
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actions not described by Subsection (b). |
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(b) Unless extraordinary circumstances require otherwise, |
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the trial of a criminal action in which the alleged victim is |
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younger than 14 years of age shall be given preference over other |
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matters before the court, whether civil or criminal. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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