| 1 | 1 | | By: Huffman S.B. No. 1704 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (In the Senate - Filed March 13, 2015; March 23, 2015, read |
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| 3 | 3 | | first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice; |
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| 4 | 4 | | April 7, 2015, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 7, |
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| 5 | 5 | | Nays 0; April 7, 2015, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | 6 | | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 9 | 9 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 10 | 10 | | AN ACT |
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| 11 | 11 | | relating to the transfer of certain inmates to the Texas Department |
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| 12 | 12 | | of Criminal Justice following pronouncement of the inmate's |
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| 13 | 13 | | sentence. |
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| 14 | 14 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 15 | 15 | | SECTION 1. Section 3, Article 42.09, Code of Criminal |
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| 16 | 16 | | Procedure, is amended to read as follows: |
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| 17 | 17 | | Sec. 3. If a defendant [is] convicted of a felony is [and] |
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| 18 | 18 | | sentenced to death or to[,] life[, or a term of more than ten years] |
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| 19 | 19 | | in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice or is ineligible for |
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| 20 | 20 | | release on bail pending appeal under Article 44.04(b) and [he] |
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| 21 | 21 | | gives notice of appeal, the defendant [he] shall be transferred to |
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| 22 | 22 | | the department on a commitment pending a mandate from the court of |
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| 23 | 23 | | appeals or the Court of Criminal Appeals. |
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| 24 | 24 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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| 25 | 25 | | * * * * * |
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