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| 1 | 1 | 88R14111 EAS-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Hayes H.B. No. 4037 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the time period for conducting a pretrial hearing after | |
| 8 | 8 | a criminal defendant has been restored to competency. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Article 46B.084(d-1), Code of Criminal | |
| 11 | 11 | Procedure, is amended to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (d-1) This article does not require the criminal case to be | |
| 13 | 13 | finally resolved within any specific period, except that any | |
| 14 | 14 | pretrial hearing in the case must be conducted not later than the | |
| 15 | 15 | 30th day after the date of the court's determination under this | |
| 16 | 16 | article that the defendant's competency has been restored. | |
| 17 | 17 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |