Bill Text: TX SB509 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the prosecution of certain offenses committed against a person in custody.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-11 - Referred to Criminal Justice [SB509 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SB509-Introduced.html
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By: Rodríguez | S.B. No. 509 |
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relating to the prosecution of certain offenses committed against a | ||
person in custody. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 39.04(e)(1), Penal Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(1) "Correctional facility" means: | ||
(A) any place described by Section 1.07(a)(14); | ||
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(B) any place or facility designated for the | ||
detention of a person suspected of violating a provision of the | ||
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. Section 1101 et seq.); or | ||
(C) a "secure correctional facility" or "secure | ||
detention facility" as defined by Section 51.02, Family Code. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 8B(a), Article 18.20, Code of Criminal | ||
Procedure, is amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) In this section, "correctional facility" means: | ||
(1) any place described by Section 1.07(a)(14), Penal | ||
Code; or | ||
(2) a "secure correctional facility" or "secure | ||
detention facility" as defined by Section 51.02, Family Code [ |
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SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is | ||
governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, | ||
and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For | ||
purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the | ||
effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred | ||
before that date. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |