85R1897 MAW-D
By: Canales H.B. No. 342
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to notice provided to a court regarding certain defendants
placed on state jail felony community supervision.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Article 42A.558, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
amended by adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:
(b-1) Not later than the 60th day after the date a defendant
is received into the custody of a state jail felony facility, the
Texas Department of Criminal Justice shall notify the sentencing
court of the date on which the defendant will have served 75 days in
the facility. The notice must be provided by e-mail or other
electronic communication.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Article
42A.558, Code of Criminal Procedure, applies only to a defendant
who receives a sentence of confinement in a state jail on or after
the effective date of this Act. A defendant who receives a sentence
of confinement in a state jail before the effective date of this Act
is governed by the law in effect at the time of sentencing, and the
former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.