| 1 | | - | By: King of Parker (Senate Sponsor - Huffines) H.B. No. 1655 |
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| 2 | | - | (In the Senate - Received from the House May 1, 2017; |
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| 3 | | - | May 4, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on Veteran |
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| 4 | | - | Affairs & Border Security; May 11, 2017, reported favorably by the |
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| 5 | | - | following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 11, 2017, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | | - | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 1 | + | H.B. No. 1655 |
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| 10 | 4 | | AN ACT |
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| 11 | 5 | | relating to the reporting of certain offenses committed by members |
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| 12 | 6 | | of the Texas military forces. |
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| 13 | 7 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 14 | 8 | | SECTION 1. Article 42.0183(b), Code of Criminal Procedure, |
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| 15 | 9 | | is amended to read as follows: |
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| 16 | 10 | | (b) As soon as possible after the date on which the |
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| 17 | 11 | | defendant is convicted or granted deferred adjudication on the |
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| 18 | 12 | | basis of an offense, the clerk of the court in which the conviction |
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| 19 | 13 | | or deferred adjudication is entered shall provide written notice of |
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| 20 | 14 | | the conviction or deferred adjudication to the staff judge advocate |
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| 21 | 15 | | general [at Joint Force Headquarters] or the provost marshal of the |
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| 22 | 16 | | military installation to which the defendant is assigned with the |
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| 23 | 17 | | intent that the commanding officer will be notified, as applicable. |
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| 24 | 18 | | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Article |
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| 25 | 19 | | 42.0183(b), Code of Criminal Procedure, applies only to a judgment |
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| 26 | 20 | | of conviction entered on or after the effective date of this Act or |
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| 27 | 21 | | a grant of deferred adjudication made on or after the effective date |
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| 28 | 22 | | of this Act. |
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| 29 | 23 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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| 30 | | - | * * * * * |
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| 24 | + | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 25 | + | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 26 | + | I certify that H.B. No. 1655 was passed by the House on April |
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| 27 | + | 28, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 135, Nays 0, 2 present, not |
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| 28 | + | voting. |
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| 29 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 30 | + | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 31 | + | I certify that H.B. No. 1655 was passed by the Senate on May |
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| 32 | + | 16, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0. |
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| 33 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 34 | + | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 35 | + | APPROVED: _____________________ |
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| 36 | + | Date |
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| 37 | + | _____________________ |
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| 38 | + | Governor |
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