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H.B. No. 126 1 SECTION 2. Section 37.10(c), Penal Code, as amended by this 2 Act, applies only to an offense committed on or after the effective 3 date of this Act. An offense committed before the effective date of 4 this Act is covered by the law in effect when the offense was 5 committed, and the former law is continued in effect for that 6 purpose. For purposes of this section, an offense was committed 7 before the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense 8 was committed before that date. 9 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 10 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 11 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this 12 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 13 Act takes effect September 1, 2005.
Reference the current page of this Legislative Document.
Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 126, Chapter 1364,
legislative document,
June 18, 2005;
[Austin, Texas].
(https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth156467/m1/2/:
accessed July 16, 2024),
University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.;
crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.