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 |
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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. |