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Enrolled Bill Summary

Enrolled Bill Summary

Legislative Session: 79(R)

House Bill 1759

House Author:  Keel

Effective:  9-1-05

Senate Sponsor:  Whitmire


            House Bill 1759 amends the Code of Criminal Procedure to authorize a jury to recommend community supervision for a defendant who has been convicted of a state jail felony, unless the imposition of the sentence is automatically suspended and community supervision is ordered under the law.  The bill also removes a provision that authorized a judge to impose a certain period of confinement as a condition of community supervision for a state jail felony.