By: Huffman S.B. No. 1704
(In the Senate - Filed March 13, 2015; March 23, 2015, read
first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice;
April 7, 2015, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 7,
Nays 0; April 7, 2015, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the transfer of certain inmates to the Texas Department
of Criminal Justice following pronouncement of the inmate's
sentence.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 3, Article 42.09, Code of Criminal
Procedure, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 3. If a defendant [is] convicted of a felony is [and]
sentenced to death or to[,] life[, or a term of more than ten years]
in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice or is ineligible for
release on bail pending appeal under Article 44.04(b) and [he]
gives notice of appeal, the defendant [he] shall be transferred to
the department on a commitment pending a mandate from the court of
appeals or the Court of Criminal Appeals.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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