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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a mandatory term of confinement for defendants placed |
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on community supervision for the criminal offense of leaving the |
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scene of a motor vehicle accident resulting in the death of a |
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person. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter K, Chapter 42A, Code of Criminal |
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Procedure, is amended by adding Article 42A.515 to read as follows: |
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Art. 42A.515. COMMUNITY SUPERVISION FOR LEAVING SCENE OF |
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MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT RESULTING IN DEATH OF PERSON. (a) A judge |
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granting community supervision to a defendant convicted of an |
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offense punishable under Section 550.021(c)(1)(A), Transportation |
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Code, shall require as a condition of community supervision that |
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the defendant submit to a term of confinement of not less than 120 |
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days. |
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(b) If a sentence of confinement is imposed on the |
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revocation of community supervision, the term of confinement served |
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under Subsection (a) may not be credited toward completion of the |
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sentence imposed. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is |
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governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, |
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and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For |
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purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the |
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effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred |
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before that date. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |