Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 43.18 · Chapter 43. EXECUTION OF JUDGMENT

EXECUTIONER.

Verbatim from the official edition

Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

The director of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shall designate an executioner to carry out the death penalty provided by law.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

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 (S.B. 1969), Sec. 25.034, eff. September 1, 2009.

Source of truth

Edition: Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Official file: https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CR/htm/CR.43.htm
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