By: Canales H.B. No. 155
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to notice provided to a court regarding a defendant
confined in a state jail felony facility.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Article 42A.558, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
amended by adding Subsections (b-1) and (b-2) to read as follows:
(b-1) On request of the judge, the Texas Department of
Criminal Justice shall, not later than the 60th day after the date
the defendant is received into the custody of a state jail felony
facility, notify the judge 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.
(b-2) For purposes of Subsection (b-1), the judge may submit
a single request to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice with
respect to all applicable defendants sentenced in the judge's
court.
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, 2019.