Bill Text: TX HB517 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to evidence or testimony given by certain witnesses in a criminal case based on the trafficking of persons.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-18 - Withdrawn from schedule [HB517 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB517-Introduced.html
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By: Moody | H.B. No. 517 |
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relating to evidence or testimony given by certain witnesses in a | ||
criminal case based on the trafficking of persons. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 20A, Penal Code, is amended by adding | ||
Section 20A.04 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 20A.04. ACCOMPLICE WITNESS; TESTIMONY AND IMMUNITY. | ||
(a) A party to an offense under this chapter may be required to | ||
provide evidence or testify about the offense. | ||
(b) A party to an offense under this chapter may not be | ||
prosecuted for any offense about which the party is required to | ||
provide evidence or testify, and the evidence and testimony may not | ||
be used against the party in any adjudicatory proceeding except a | ||
prosecution for aggravated perjury. For purposes of this | ||
subsection, "adjudicatory proceeding" means a proceeding before a | ||
court or any other agency of government in which the legal rights, | ||
powers, duties, or privileges of specified parties are determined. | ||
(c) A conviction under this chapter may be had on the | ||
uncorroborated testimony of a party to the offense. | ||
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to a | ||
criminal proceeding that commences on or after the effective date | ||
of this Act. A criminal proceeding that commences before the | ||
effective date of this Act is covered by the law in effect when the | ||
proceeding commenced, and the former law is continued in effect for | ||
that purpose. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |