Bill Text: TX HB155 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Engrossed


Bill Title: Relating to notice provided to a court regarding a defendant confined in a state jail felony facility.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-05-15 - Left pending in committee [HB155 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB155-Engrossed.html
 
 
  By: Canales H.B. No. 155
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to notice provided to a court regarding a defendant
  confined in a state jail felony facility.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Article 42A.558, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
  amended by adding Subsections (b-1) and (b-2) to read as follows:
         (b-1)  On request of the judge, the Texas Department of
  Criminal Justice shall, not later than the 60th day after the date
  the defendant is received into the custody of a state jail felony
  facility, notify the judge of the date on which the defendant will
  have served 75 days in the facility. The notice must be provided by
  e-mail or other electronic communication.
         (b-2)  For purposes of Subsection (b-1), the judge may submit
  a single request to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice with
  respect to all applicable defendants sentenced in the judge's
  court.
 
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act to Article
  42A.558, Code of Criminal Procedure, applies only to a defendant
  who receives a sentence of confinement in a state jail on or after
  the effective date of this Act. A defendant who receives a sentence
  of confinement in a state jail before the effective date of this Act
  is governed by the law in effect at the time of sentencing, and the
  former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
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