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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE |
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Title 1. CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE |
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Chapter 43. EXECUTION OF JUDGMENT |
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Art. 43.18. EXECUTIONER |
| The director of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shall designate an executioner to carry out the death penalty provided by law. |
| Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722. Amended by Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 911, ch. 341, Sec. 6, eff. June 19, 1975; Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 288, ch. 138, Sec. 2, eff. Aug. 29, 1977. Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 87 , Sec. 25.034, eff. September 1, 2009. |