Bill Text: TX HB511 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Relating to the prosecution of certain offenses committed against a person in custody.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Passed) 2015-05-29 - Effective on 9/1/15 [HB511 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-HB511-Enrolled.html

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H.B. No. 511

AN ACT
relating to the prosecution of certain offenses committed against a
person in custody.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 39.04(e)(1), Penal Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(1) "Correctional facility" means:
(A) any place described by Section 1.07(a)(14);
[or]
(B) any place or facility designated for the
detention of a person suspected of violating a provision of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. Section 1101 et seq.); or
(C) a "secure correctional facility" or "secure
detention facility" as defined by Section 51.02, Family Code.
SECTION 2. Section 8B(a), Article 18.20, Code of Criminal
Procedure, is amended to read as follows:
(a) In this section, "correctional facility" means:
(1) any place described by Section 1.07(a)(14), Penal
Code; or
(2) a "secure correctional facility" or "secure
detention facility" as defined by Section 51.02, Family Code [has
the meaning assigned by Section 39.04(e), Penal Code].
SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.
An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is
governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed,
and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For
purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the
effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred
before that date.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 511 was passed by the House on April
21, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, 1 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 511 was passed by the Senate on May
15, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor