By: Martinez Fischer H.B. No. 5540
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the appointment of counsel for indigent defendants
released from custody.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Article 1.051(j), Code of Criminal Procedure, is
repealed.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.