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| 1 | 1 | 81R732 HLT-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Dutton H.B. No. 295 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to requiring a judge to explain certain matters concerning | |
| 8 | 8 | conditions of community supervision before a defendant enters a | |
| 9 | 9 | plea of not guilty or nolo contendere. | |
| 10 | 10 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 11 | 11 | SECTION 1. Article 26.13, Code of Criminal Procedure, is | |
| 12 | 12 | amended by adding Subsection (j) to read as follows: | |
| 13 | 13 | (j) Before accepting a plea of guilty or a plea of nolo | |
| 14 | 14 | contendere for an offense for which a defendant is eligible to be | |
| 15 | 15 | placed on community supervision, including deferred adjudication | |
| 16 | 16 | community supervision, the judge shall explain to the defendant: | |
| 17 | 17 | (1) any condition of community supervision that may | |
| 18 | 18 | apply to the defendant; and | |
| 19 | 19 | (2) the possible consequences of violating a condition | |
| 20 | 20 | of community supervision imposed on the defendant. | |
| 21 | 21 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |