Bill Text: TX HB2441 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to directed verdicts.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-19 - Left pending in committee [HB2441 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-HB2441-Introduced.html
 
 
  By: Parker H.B. No. 2441
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to directed verdicts.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Title 1, Chapter 36, Code of Criminal Procedure,
  is amended by adding Subsection 36.44 to read as follows:
         Art. 36.44.  Directed Verdicts.  No directed verdict, or its
  functional equivalent, may be granted prior to the jury having
  rendered its verdict
  .
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
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