| 1 | 1 | | 89R17027 MCF-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Allen H.B. No. 5630 |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to the authority of a court to order a defendant to engage |
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| 10 | 10 | | in certain alternatives to confinement as part of the defendant's |
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| 11 | 11 | | sentence. |
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| 12 | 12 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 13 | 13 | | SECTION 1. Chapter 42, Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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| 14 | 14 | | amended by adding Article 42.024 to read as follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | Art. 42.024. COURT MAY ORDER ALTERNATIVES AS PART OF |
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| 16 | 16 | | SENTENCE. A court may order a defendant to serve all or part of a |
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| 17 | 17 | | sentence of confinement, or to serve all or part of a period of |
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| 18 | 18 | | confinement required as a condition of community supervision, by |
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| 19 | 19 | | engaging in an educational program, counseling, treatment, |
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| 20 | 20 | | community service, or any other alternative to confinement that is |
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| 21 | 21 | | determined reasonable by the court if the court determines that |
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| 22 | 22 | | requiring the defendant to engage in the alternative to confinement |
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| 23 | 23 | | instead of being confined would: |
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| 24 | 24 | | (1) provide accountability; |
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| 25 | 25 | | (2) encourage reformation; |
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| 26 | 26 | | (3) protect society; or |
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| 27 | 27 | | (4) encourage rehabilitation. |
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| 28 | 28 | | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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| 29 | 29 | | to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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| 30 | 30 | | An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is |
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| 31 | 31 | | governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, |
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| 32 | 32 | | and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For |
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| 33 | 33 | | purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the |
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| 34 | 34 | | effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred |
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| 35 | 35 | | before that date. |
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| 36 | 36 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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