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.