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| 1 | 1 | 89R13959 MCF-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Johnson H.B. No. 3659 | |
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| 7 | 7 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 8 | 8 | AN ACT | |
| 9 | 9 | relating to the compensation to a county for certain persons | |
| 10 | 10 | confined in a county jail pending trial. | |
| 11 | 11 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 12 | 12 | SECTION 1. Chapter 17, Code of Criminal Procedure, is | |
| 13 | 13 | amended by adding Article 17.54 to read as follows: | |
| 14 | 14 | Art. 17.54. COMPENSATION TO COUNTY FOR DEFENDANT NOT | |
| 15 | 15 | RELEASED ON BAIL. If a defendant charged with an offense punishable | |
| 16 | 16 | as a felony is not released on bail pending trial, the state shall | |
| 17 | 17 | compensate the county for the cost of confining the defendant in the | |
| 18 | 18 | county jail pending trial. | |
| 19 | 19 | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | |
| 20 | 20 | to compensation to a county for the cost of a defendant's | |
| 21 | 21 | confinement that occurs on or after January 1, 2026, regardless of | |
| 22 | 22 | whether the defendant is confined before, on, or after that date. | |
| 23 | 23 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 24 | 24 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 25 | 25 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 26 | 26 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 27 | 27 | Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |