S.B. No. 1681

	AN ACT
	relating to requiring the corroboration of certain testimony to
	support a criminal conviction.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Chapter 38, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
	amended by adding Article 38.075 to read as follows:
	Art. 38.075.  CORROBORATION OF CERTAIN TESTIMONY REQUIRED.
	(a)  A defendant may not be convicted of an offense on the testimony
	of a person to whom the defendant made a statement against the
	defendant's interest during a time when the person was imprisoned
	or confined in the same correctional facility as the defendant
	unless the testimony is corroborated by other evidence tending to
	connect the defendant with the offense committed.  In this
	subsection, "correctional facility" has the meaning assigned by
	Section 1.07, Penal Code.
	(b)  Corroboration is not sufficient for the purposes of this
	article if the corroboration only shows that the offense was
	committed.
	SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies to any
	case in which a judgment has not been entered before the effective
	date of this Act. A case in which a judgment has been entered before
	the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect when
	the judgment was entered, and the former law is continued in effect
	for that purpose.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1681 passed the Senate on
	April 16, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1681 passed the House on
	May 20, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 139, Nays 0, two
	present not voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	Approved:
	______________________________
	Date
	______________________________
	Governor