Bill Text: TX HB126 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to certain time limits on a delay in the state's readiness to proceed with the trial of a criminal case.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-13 - Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence [HB126 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB126-Introduced.html
86R1253 JCG-D | ||
By: Canales | H.B. No. 126 |
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relating to certain time limits on a delay in the state's readiness | ||
to proceed with the trial of a criminal case. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Article 17.151, Code of Criminal Procedure, is | ||
amended by adding Section 3 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 3. (a) The court may enter an order extending a period | ||
described by Section 1 for an additional period of 30 days if: | ||
(1) the court determines at a hearing under Subsection | ||
(b) that good cause exists for the extension; and | ||
(2) the defendant is accused of: | ||
(A) an offense under Section 20A.03, Penal Code; | ||
or | ||
(B) an offense described by Article 42A.054 or | ||
62.001(5). | ||
(b) On oral or written request by the attorney representing | ||
the state, the court shall conduct a hearing to determine whether | ||
good cause exists for extending a period described by Section 1. | ||
(c) The court may grant only two 30-day extensions under | ||
this section in connection with the specific offense on which the | ||
accusation is based. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act applies only to a person who is arrested | ||
on or after the effective date of this Act, regardless of when the | ||
offense giving rise to the arrest was committed. A person who is | ||
arrested before the effective date of this Act is governed by the | ||
law in effect on the date the person was arrested, and the former | ||
law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |