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