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AN ACT
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relating to the creation of DNA records for certain defendants for |
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inclusion in the DNA database system. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 411.1471(a), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a) This section applies to a defendant who is: |
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(1) indicted or waives indictment for a felony |
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prohibited or punishable under any of the following Penal Code |
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sections: |
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(A) Section 20.04(a)(4); |
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(B) Section 21.11; |
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(C) Section 22.011; |
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(D) Section 22.021; |
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(E) Section 25.02; |
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(F) Section 30.02(d); |
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(G) Section 43.05; |
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(H) Section 43.25; |
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(I) Section 43.26; |
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(J) Section 21.02; or |
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(K) Section 20A.03; |
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(2) arrested for a felony described by Subdivision (1) |
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after having been previously convicted of or placed on deferred |
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adjudication for an offense described by Subdivision (1) or an |
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offense punishable under Section 30.02(c)(2), Penal Code; or |
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(3) convicted of an offense: |
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(A) under Title 5, Penal Code, other than an |
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offense described by Subdivision (1), that is punishable as a Class |
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A misdemeanor or any higher category of offense, except for an |
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offense punishable as a Class A misdemeanor under Section [20.02,
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22.01, or] 22.05, Penal Code; or |
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(B) under Section 21.08, 25.04, 43.02(b), 43.03, |
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or 43.24, Penal Code. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is |
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governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, |
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and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For |
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purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the |
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effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred |
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before that date. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 979 was passed by the House on April |
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17, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 123, Nays 19, 2 present, not |
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voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 979 was passed by the Senate on May |
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15, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |