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By: Bettencourt, Birdwell |
S.B. No. 987 |
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(In the Senate - Filed January 29, 2025; February 13, 2025, |
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read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs; |
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March 17, 2025, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 11, |
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Nays 0; March 17, 2025, sent to printer.) |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the subject matter jurisdiction of the criminal trial |
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courts of this state over certain criminal actions. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 571.171, Government Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: |
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(d) This section does not require the exhaustion of civil, |
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including administrative, remedies as a prerequisite to the vesting |
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in a trial court of subject matter jurisdiction over a criminal |
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action for which the trial court would otherwise have jurisdiction |
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under other law. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies to a criminal action commenced |
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before, on, or after the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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