Bill Text: TX HB342 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to notice provided to a court regarding certain defendants placed on state jail felony community supervision.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-04-20 - Considered in Calendars [HB342 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB342-Introduced.html
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| By: Canales | H.B. No. 342 | |
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| relating to notice provided to a court regarding certain defendants | ||
| placed on state jail felony community supervision. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Article 42A.558, Code of Criminal Procedure, is | ||
| amended by adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows: | ||
| (b-1) Not later than the 60th day after the date a defendant | ||
| is received into the custody of a state jail felony facility, the | ||
| Texas Department of Criminal Justice shall notify the sentencing | ||
| court 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. | ||
| 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, 2017. | ||
