TITLE: Relating to the venue for prosecution of certain theft offenses.

SUMMARY: Relating to the venue for prosecution of certain theft offenses.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the venue for prosecution of certain theft offenses. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Article 13.08, Code of Criminal Procedure, is amended to read as follows: (a) Where property is stolen in one county and removed [by the offender] to another county, the offender may be prosecuted either in the county in which [where he took] the property was stolen or in any other county through or into which the property was [he may have] removed [the same].SECTION 2. This Act applies only to a criminal case in which the indictment, information, or complaint is presented to the court on or after the effective date of this Act. A criminal case in which the indictment, information, or complaint was presented to the court before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect when the indictment, information, or complaint was presented, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.