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| 1 | + | 89R3509 EAS-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Hayes H.B. No. 305 | |
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| 7 | 7 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 8 | 8 | AN ACT | |
| 9 | - | relating to the time period for conducting pretrial | |
| 9 | + | relating to the time period for conducting a pretrial hearing after | |
| 10 | 10 | a criminal defendant has been restored to competency. | |
| 11 | 11 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 12 | 12 | SECTION 1. Article 46B.084(d-1), Code of Criminal | |
| 13 | 13 | Procedure, is amended to read as follows: | |
| 14 | 14 | (d-1) This article does not require the criminal case to be | |
| 15 | - | finally resolved within any specific period, except that, in a | |
| 16 | - | jurisdiction to which Subsection (d)(1) applies, a pretrial hearing | |
| 17 | - | on any evidentiary or procedural issue that must be resolved for the | |
| 18 | - | criminal proceedings in the case to proceed to trial or another | |
| 19 | - | resolution must be conducted not later than the 14th day after the | |
| 20 | - | date of the court's determination under this article that the | |
| 21 | - | defendant's competency has been restored. | |
| 15 | + | finally resolved within any specific period, except that any | |
| 16 | + | pretrial hearing in the case must be conducted not later than the | |
| 17 | + | 30th day after the date of the court's determination under this | |
| 18 | + | article that the defendant's competency has been restored. | |
| 22 | 19 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |