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 The following provisions are repealed: |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