Bill Text: TX HB577 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to the representation of certain applicants for writs of habeas corpus in cases involving the death penalty.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective immediately [HB577 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB577-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to the representation of certain applicants for writs of habeas corpus in cases involving the death penalty.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective immediately [HB577 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB577-Introduced.html
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By: Guillen | H.B. No. 577 |
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relating to the representation of certain applicants for writs of | ||
habeas corpus in cases involving the death penalty. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Article 26.044(n), Code of Criminal Procedure, | ||
is amended to read as follows: | ||
(n) An attorney employed by a public defender's office may | ||
be appointed with respect to an application for a writ of habeas | ||
corpus filed under Article 11.071 only if: | ||
(1) an attorney employed by the office of capital | ||
writs is not appointed in the case; and | ||
(2) the attorney employed by the public defender's | ||
office is on the list of competent counsel maintained under Section | ||
78.056, Government Code. | ||
SECTION 2. 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, 2013. |