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H.B. No. 888 1 to the detention and examination of a person admitted for a 2 preliminary examination under Section 573.021, Health and Safety 3 Code, on or after the effective date of this Act. The detention and 4 examination of a person admitted for a preliminary examination 5 before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in 6 effect when the person was admitted, and the former law is continued 7 in effect for those purposes. 8 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 9 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 10 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this 11 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 12 Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
Reference the current page of this Legislative Document.
Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.81st Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 888, Chapter 333,
legislative document,
June 19, 2009;
[Austin, Texas].
(https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth149038/m1/2/:
accessed April 18, 2024),
University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu;
crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.