Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

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	1	+	86R1073 MAW-D
1	2		By: Canales H.B. No. 155
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4	5		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
5	6		AN ACT
6	7		relating to notice provided to a court regarding a defendant
7	8		confined in a state jail felony facility.
8	9		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	10		SECTION 1. Article 42A.558, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
10		-	amended by adding Subsections (b-1) and (b-2) to read as follows:
11		-	(b-1) On request of the judge, the Texas Department of
12		-	Criminal Justice shall, not later than the 60th day after the date
13		-	the defendant is received into the custody of a state jail felony
14		-	facility, notify the judge of the date on which the defendant will
15		-	have served 75 days in the facility. The notice must be provided by
16		-	e-mail or other electronic communication.
17		-	(b-2) For purposes of Subsection (b-1), the judge may submit
18		-	a single request to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice with
19		-	respect to all applicable defendants sentenced in the judge's
20		-	court.
	11	+	amended by adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:
	12	+	(b-1) Not later than the 60th day after the date a defendant
	13	+	is received into the custody of a state jail felony facility, the
	14	+	Texas Department of Criminal Justice shall notify the sentencing
	15	+	court of the date on which the defendant will have served 75 days in
	16	+	the facility. The notice must be provided by e-mail or other
	17	+	electronic communication.
21	18		SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Article
22	19		42A.558, Code of Criminal Procedure, applies only to a defendant
23	20		who receives a sentence of confinement in a state jail on or after
24	21		the effective date of this Act. A defendant who receives a sentence
25	22		of confinement in a state jail before the effective date of this Act
26	23		is governed by the law in effect at the time of sentencing, and the
27	24		former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
28	25		SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.