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1	1	H.B. No. 3671
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4	4	AN ACT
5	5	relating to the documents that are required for the transfer of a
6	6	defendant from a county to the Texas Department of Criminal
7	7	Justice.
8	8	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	9	SECTION 1. Section 8(a), Article 42.09, Code of Criminal
10	10	Procedure, is amended to read as follows:
11	11	(a) A county that transfers a defendant to the Texas
12	12	Department of Criminal Justice under this article shall deliver to
13	13	an officer designated by the department:
14	14	(1) a copy of the judgment entered pursuant to Article
15	15	42.01 [of this code], completed on a standardized felony judgment
16	16	form described by Section 4 of that article;
17	17	(2) a copy of any order revoking community supervision
18	18	and imposing sentence pursuant to Section 23, Article 42.12[, of
19	19	this code], including:
20	20	(A) any amounts owed for restitution, fines, and
21	21	court costs, completed on a standardized felony judgment form
22	22	described by Section 4, Article 42.01[, of this code]; and
23	23	(B) a copy of the client supervision plan
24	24	prepared for the defendant by the community supervision and
25	25	corrections department supervising the defendant, if such a plan
26	26	was prepared;
27	27	(3) a written report that states the nature and the
28	28	seriousness of each offense and that states the citation to the
29	29	provision or provisions of the Penal Code or other law under which
30	30	the defendant was convicted;
31	31	(4) a copy of the victim impact statement, if one has
32	32	been prepared in the case under Article 56.03 [of this code];
33	33	(5) a statement as to whether there was a change in
34	34	venue in the case and, if so, the names of the county prosecuting
35	35	the offense and the county in which the case was tried;
36	36	(6) [a copy of the record of arrest for each offense;
37	37	[(7)] if requested, information regarding the
38	38	criminal history of the defendant, including the defendant's state
39	39	identification number if the number has been issued;
40	40	(7) [(8)] a copy of the indictment or information for
41	41	each offense;
42	42	(8) [(9)] a checklist sent by the department to the
43	43	county and completed by the county in a manner indicating that the
44	44	documents required by this subsection and Subsection (c) [of this
45	45	section] accompany the defendant;
46	46	(9) [(10)] if prepared, a copy of a presentence or
47	47	postsentence investigation report prepared under Section 9,
48	48	Article 42.12 [of this code];
49	49	(10) [(11)] a copy of any detainer, issued by an
50	50	agency of the federal government, that is in the possession of the
51	51	county and that has been placed on the defendant;
52	52	(11) [(12)] if prepared, a copy of the defendant's
53	53	Texas Uniform Health Status Update Form; and
54	54	(12) [(13)] a written description of a hold or
55	55	warrant, issued by any other jurisdiction, that the county is aware
56	56	of and that has been placed on or issued for the defendant.
57	57	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
58	58	______________________________ ______________________________
59	59	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
60	60	I certify that H.B. No. 3671 was passed by the House on May 6,
61	61	2009, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, 2 present, not
62	62	voting.
63	63	______________________________
64	64	Chief Clerk of the House
65	65	I certify that H.B. No. 3671 was passed by the Senate on May
66	66	26, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
67	67	______________________________
68	68	Secretary of the Senate
69	69	APPROVED: _____________________
70	70	Date
71	71	_____________________
72	72	Governor