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AN ACT
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relating to a defendant's eligibility for deferred adjudication of |
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certain intoxication offenses. |
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�������BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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�������SECTION�1.��Section 5(d), Article 42.12, Code of Criminal |
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Procedure, is amended to read as follows: |
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�������(d)��In all other cases the judge may grant deferred |
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adjudication unless: |
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�������������(1)��the defendant is charged with an offense: |
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�������������������(A)��under Sections 49.04-49.08 [Section 49.04,
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49.05, 49.06, 49.07, or 49.08], Penal Code; or |
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�������������������(B)��for which punishment may be increased under |
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Section 481.134(c), (d), (e), or (f), Health and Safety Code, if it |
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is shown that the defendant has been previously convicted of an |
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offense for which punishment was increased under any one of those |
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subsections; or |
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�������������(2)��the defendant: |
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�������������������(A)��is charged with an offense under Section |
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21.11, 22.011, or 22.021, Penal Code, regardless of the age of the |
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victim, or a felony described by Section 13B(b) of this article; |
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and |
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�������������������(B)��has previously been placed on community |
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supervision for any offense under Paragraph (A) of this |
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subdivision. |
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�������SECTION�2.��The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is |
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covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed, and the |
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former law remains in effect for that purpose. For purposes of this |
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section, an offense was committed before the effective date of this |
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Act if any element of the offense was committed before that date. |
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�������SECTION�3.��This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |
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______________________________ |
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���President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House����� |
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�������I certify that H.B. No. 2115 was passed by the House on May 1, |
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2007, by the following vote:��Yeas 144, Nays 0, 1 present, not |
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voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House��� |
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�������I certify that H.B. No. 2115 was passed by the Senate on May |
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23, 2007, by the following vote:��Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate���� |
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APPROVED:��_____________________ |
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�����������������Governor������� |