86R26606 CAE-F
By: Neave H.B. No. 4441
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to requests for certain information by the Texas Judicial
Council regarding reductions of state jail felony punishment to
misdemeanor punishment.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 71.035, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
(e) In accordance with Subsection (b), the council shall
request statistics related to:
(1) reductions by courts of state jail felony
punishment to misdemeanor punishment in accordance with Section
12.44, Penal Code, including:
(A) the number and type of offenses for which a
court sentenced a defendant under Section 12.44(a), Penal Code; and
(B) the number and type of offenses for which a
court authorized prosecution under Section 12.44(b), Penal Code;
and
(2) the number of defendants placed in a pretrial
diversion or pretrial intervention program.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.