Enrolled Bill Summary

House Bill 1236 amends the Code of Criminal Procedure to add to the list of information that a county is required to provide when transferring a defendant to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. The bill requires a county to provide a copy of any detainer, issued by a federal agency, that has been placed on the defendant and is in the possession of the county and a written description of a hold or warrant, issued by any other jurisdiction, that the county is aware of and that has been placed on or issued for the defendant.