Tex. Health & Safety Code § 841.1461 · Subchapter H. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
CERTAIN EXPERT TESTIMONY NOT REQUIRED FOR CIVIL COMMITMENT OF SEXUALLY VIOLENT PREDATOR.
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A person who suffers from a behavioral abnormality as determined under this chapter is not because of that abnormality a person of unsound mind for purposes of Section 15-a, Article I, Texas Constitution.
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History
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 347, Sec. 30, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
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