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| | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
| | AN ACT |
| | relating to the abolition of the death penalty. |
| | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
| | SECTION 1. The following provisions are repealed: |
| | (1) Sections 8.07(c), 12.31, 12.42(c)(3), and 19.03, |
| | Penal Code; and |
| | (2) Articles 37.071, 37.0711, 37.072, 43.14, 43.141, |
| | 43.15, 43.16, 43.17, 43.18, 43.19, 43.20, 43.21, 43.22, 43.23, |
| | 43.24, and 43.25, Code of Criminal Procedure. |
| | SECTION 2. (a) The change in law made by this Act applies |
| | only to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this |
| | Act. For purposes of this section, an offense is committed before |
| | the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurs |
| | before that date. |
| | (b) An offense committed before the effective date of this |
| | Act is governed by the law in effect when the offense was committed, |
| | and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
| | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
State Rep Harold Dutton of Houston has filed HB 297 to abolish the death penalty in Texas.