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| 1 | 1 | 84R13604 GCB-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Hinojosa S.B. No. 1746 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to a prohibition on requiring a defendant to enter a plea | |
| 8 | 8 | of guilty or nolo contendere as a condition of entering certain | |
| 9 | 9 | pretrial intervention programs. | |
| 10 | 10 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 11 | 11 | SECTION 1. Section 76.011(b), Government Code, is amended | |
| 12 | 12 | to read as follows: | |
| 13 | 13 | (b) Except as otherwise provided by this subsection, a | |
| 14 | 14 | program [programs] operated by the department under Subsection (a) | |
| 15 | 15 | may include reasonable conditions related to the purpose of the | |
| 16 | 16 | program, including testing for controlled substances. A program | |
| 17 | 17 | operated by the department under Subsection (a) may not include a | |
| 18 | 18 | condition that a defendant enter a plea of guilty or nolo contendere | |
| 19 | 19 | to participate in the program. If this subsection conflicts with a | |
| 20 | 20 | more specific provision of another law, the other law prevails. | |
| 21 | 21 | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to a | |
| 22 | 22 | condition for participation in a pretrial intervention program | |
| 23 | 23 | imposed on or after the effective date of this Act. A condition for | |
| 24 | 24 | participation in a pretrial intervention program imposed before the | |
| 25 | 25 | effective date of this Act is governed by the law as it existed on | |
| 26 | 26 | the date the condition was imposed, and the former law is continued | |
| 27 | 27 | in effect for that purpose. | |
| 28 | 28 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |