S.B. No. 519
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the period during which a motion for a new trial in a
  criminal proceeding in a justice or municipal court must be made.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Article 45.037, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Art. 45.037.  MOTION FOR NEW TRIAL. A motion for a new trial
  must be made within five days [one day] after the rendition of
  judgment and sentence, and not afterward.
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to a judgment in a criminal proceeding entered on or after the
  effective date of this Act. A judgment in a criminal proceeding
  entered before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law
  in effect on the date the judgment was entered, and the former law
  is continued in effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
 
 
 
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 519 passed the Senate on
  March 31, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 519 passed the House on
  May 23, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 142, Nays 0, one
  present not voting.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
 
  Approved:
 
  ______________________________ 
              Date
 
 
  ______________________________ 
            Governor