Texas Code of Criminal Procedure

§ 24.29 — UNIFORM ACT TO SECURE RENDITION OF PRISONERS IN CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS

CR § 24.29Title 1. CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · Ch. 24. SUBPOENA AND ATTACHMENT

Statute text

Sec. 1. SHORT TITLE. This article may be cited as the "Uniform Act to Secure Rendition of Prisoners in Criminal Proceedings." Sec. 2. DEFINITIONS. In this Act:

(1)"Penal institution" means a jail, prison, penitentiary, house of correction, or other place of penal detention.

(2)"State" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and any territory of the United States.

(3)"Witness" means a person who is confined in a penal institution in a state and whose testimony is desired in another state in a criminal proceeding or investigation by a grand jury or in any criminal action before a court. Sec. 3. SUMMONING WITNESS IN THIS STATE TO TESTIFY IN ANOTHER STATE. (a) A judge of a state court of record in another state, which by its laws has made provision for commanding persons confined in penal institutions within that state to attend and testify in this state, may certify that:

(1)there is a criminal proceeding or investigation by a grand jury or a criminal action pending in the court;

(2)a person who is confined in a penal institution in this state may be a material witness in the proceeding, investigation, or action; and

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Legislative history

Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 87 (S.B. 1969), Sec. 25.014, eff. September 1, 2009.