Texas Code of Criminal Procedure - Article 62.003. Determination Regarding Substantially Similar Elements Of Offense
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Art. 62.003. DETERMINATION REGARDING SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR
ELEMENTS OF OFFENSE. (a) For the purposes of this chapter, the
department is responsible for determining whether an offense under
the laws of another state, federal law, the laws of a foreign
country, or the Uniform Code of Military Justice contains elements
that are substantially similar to the elements of an offense under
the laws of this state.
(b) The department annually shall provide or make available
to each prosecuting attorney's office in this state:
(1) the criteria used in making a determination under
Subsection (a); and
(2) any existing record or compilation of offenses under the
laws of another state, federal law, the laws of a foreign country,
and the Uniform Code of Military Justice that the department has
already determined to contain elements that are substantially
similar to the elements of offenses under the laws of this state.
(c) An appeal of a determination made under this article
shall be brought in a district court in Travis County.
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Subsec. (a) amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1005, Sec. 9, eff.
Sept. 1, 2003. Redesignated from Vernon's Ann.C.C.P. art. 62.0101
and amended by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., ch. 1008, Sec. 1.01, eff. Sept.
1, 2005.
Article: 61.07 61.08 61.09 61.10 61.11 62.001 62.002 62.003 62.004 62.005 62.006 62.007 62.008 62.009 62.010
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