| 1 | 1 | | 88R11577 MZM-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Miles S.B. No. 1924 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the maximum period of community supervision in a |
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| 8 | 8 | | misdemeanor case. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Articles 42A.053(f) and (g), Code of Criminal |
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| 11 | 11 | | Procedure, are amended to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (f) The maximum period of community supervision in a |
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| 13 | 13 | | misdemeanor case is the same as the maximum term of confinement |
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| 14 | 14 | | applicable to the offense [two years]. |
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| 15 | 15 | | (g) Notwithstanding Subsection (d)(2) [or (f)], a judge may |
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| 16 | 16 | | extend the maximum period of community supervision in a felony case |
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| 17 | 17 | | in the manner provided by Article 42A.753 or 42A.757. |
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| 18 | 18 | | SECTION 2. Article 42A.753(a), Code of Criminal Procedure, |
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| 19 | 19 | | is amended to read as follows: |
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| 20 | 20 | | (a) On a showing of good cause, the judge may extend a period |
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| 21 | 21 | | of community supervision under Article 42A.752(a)(2) as frequently |
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| 22 | 22 | | as the judge determines is necessary, but the period of community |
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| 23 | 23 | | supervision in a first, second, or third degree felony case may not |
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| 24 | 24 | | exceed 10 years and[, except as otherwise provided by Subsection |
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| 25 | 25 | | (b),] the period of community supervision in a misdemeanor case may |
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| 26 | 26 | | not exceed the maximum term of confinement applicable to the |
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| 27 | 27 | | offense [three years]. |
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| 28 | 28 | | SECTION 3. Article 42A.753(b), Code of Criminal Procedure, |
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| 29 | 29 | | is repealed. |
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| 30 | 30 | | SECTION 4. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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| 31 | 31 | | to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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| 32 | 32 | | An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is |
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| 33 | 33 | | governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, |
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| 34 | 34 | | and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For |
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| 35 | 35 | | purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the |
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| 36 | 36 | | effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred |
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| 37 | 37 | | before that date. |
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| 38 | 38 | | SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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