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| 1 | 1 | 87R2463 JSC-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: González of Dallas H.B. No. 3249 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to prohibiting the arrest of a person for a violation of a | |
| 8 | 8 | condition of community supervision based on certain drug test | |
| 9 | 9 | results. | |
| 10 | 10 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 11 | 11 | SECTION 1. Article 42A.751, Code of Criminal Procedure, is | |
| 12 | 12 | amended by adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows: | |
| 13 | 13 | (b-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (b), the judge may not | |
| 14 | 14 | issue a warrant for a violation of a condition of community | |
| 15 | 15 | supervision solely because the results of a drug test taken by the | |
| 16 | 16 | defendant indicated that tetrahydrocannabinol or cannabidiol was | |
| 17 | 17 | present in the body of the defendant. | |
| 18 | 18 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |