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CHAPTER 392 HB. No. 42 1 AN ACT 2 relating to venue in the prosecution of the offenses of escape and 3 unauthorized absence. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 5 SECTION 1. Chapter 13, Code of Criminal Procedure, is 6 amended by adding Article 13.28 to read as follows: 7 Art. 13.28. ESCAPE; UNAUTHORIZED ABSENCE. An offense of 8 escape under Section 38.06, Penal Code, or unauthorized absence 9 under Section 38.113, Penal Code, may be prosecuted in: 10 (1) the county in which the offense of escape or 11 unauthorized absence was committed; or 12 (2) the county in which the defendant committed the 13 offense for which the defendant was placed in custody, detained, or 14 required to submit to treatment. 15 SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only 16 to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. 17 An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is 18 covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed, and the 19 former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of 20 this section, an offense was committed before the effective date of 21 this Act if any element of the offense occurred before that date. 22 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September i, 2003.
Reference the current page of this Legislative Document.
Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.78th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 42, Chapter 392,
legislative document,
2003-05/2003-06;
[Austin, Texas].
(https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth158707/m1/1/:
accessed March 28, 2024),
University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu;
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