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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to disclosing certain information about each substance |
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used to execute a person convicted of capital murder. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Article 43.14, Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Art. 43.14. EXECUTION OF PERSON CONVICTED OF CAPITAL MURDER |
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[CONVICT]. (a) Whenever the sentence of death is pronounced |
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against a person convicted of capital murder [convict], the |
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sentence shall be executed at any time after the hour of 6 p.m. on |
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the day set for the execution, by intravenous injection of a |
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substance or substances in a lethal quantity sufficient to cause |
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death and until the person [such convict] is dead, such execution |
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procedure to be determined and supervised by the director of the |
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correctional institutions division of the Texas Department of |
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Criminal Justice. |
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(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), not later than the |
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45th day before the date an execution is scheduled to occur, the |
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director of the correctional institutions division of the Texas |
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Department of Criminal Justice shall post on the department's |
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Internet website the following information regarding each |
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substance to be used in the execution: |
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(1) the name of the substance; |
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(2) the manufacturer of the substance; |
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(3) the expiration date of the substance; |
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(4) the results of any laboratory tests performed on |
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the substance; |
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(5) the quantity of the substance; and |
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(6) any other information in the department's |
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possession regarding the substance. |
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(c) If the information described by Subsection (b) is not |
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available for the department to post before the date required by |
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Subsection (b), the department shall make the information available |
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as soon as the substance is in the department's possession, but in |
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no event later than the 14th day before the date the execution is |
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scheduled to occur. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |