S.B. No. 1103
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the venue for prosecution of certain theft offenses.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subsection (a), Article 13.08, Code of Criminal
  Procedure, is amended to read as follows:
         (a)  Where property is stolen in one county and removed [by
  the offender] to another county, the offender may be prosecuted
  either in the county in which [where he took] the property was
  stolen or in any other county through or into which the property was
  [he may have] removed [the same].
         SECTION 2.  This Act applies only to a criminal case in which
  the indictment, information, or complaint is presented to the court
  on or after the effective date of this Act.  A criminal case in which
  the indictment, information, or complaint was presented to the
  court before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law
  in effect when the indictment, information, or complaint was
  presented, 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. 1103 passed the Senate on
  April 21, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1103 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