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House Bill 1507 |
House Author: Giddings et al. |
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Effective: 9-1-17 |
Senate Sponsor: West |
House Bill 1507 amends the Code of Criminal Procedure to require a court before accepting a defendant's plea of guilty or nolo contendere and to require a judge placing a defendant on community supervision to inform the defendant of the court's or judge's authority to release the defendant from the penalties and disabilities resulting from the applicable offense after the defendant satisfactorily fulfills the conditions of community supervision and on expiration of the supervision period. The bill provides for the standardized form required to be used in the discharge of a defendant from a period of community supervision.