Bill Text: TX HB3016 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to the prohibited suspension of a provision of the Code of Criminal Procedure or Penal Code during a declared state of disaster.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-05-14 - Referred to Jurisprudence [HB3016 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB3016-Engrossed.html
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| By: Moody, Murr | H.B. No. 3016 | |
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| relating to the prohibited suspension of a provision of the Code of | ||
| Criminal Procedure or Penal Code during a declared state of | ||
| disaster. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 418.012, Government Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 418.012. EXECUTIVE ORDERS. (a) Under this chapter, | ||
| the governor may issue executive orders, proclamations, and | ||
| regulations and amend or rescind them. Executive orders, | ||
| proclamations, and regulations have the force and effect of law. | ||
| (b) An executive order, proclamation, or regulation issued | ||
| by the governor under this chapter may not suspend a provision in | ||
| the Code of Criminal Procedure or Penal Code. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 418.012, Government Code, as amended by | ||
| this Act, applies only to a declaration of a state of disaster | ||
| issued or renewed on or after the effective date of this Act. A | ||
| declaration issued before the effective date of this Act is | ||
| governed by the law in effect immediately before the effective date | ||
| of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
