Enrolled Bill Summary

Senate Bill 583	Senate Author:  Hinojosa
Effective:  9-1-19	House Sponsor:  Rose

            Senate Bill 583 amends the Code of Criminal Procedure to require the countywide procedures for the timely and fair appointment of counsel for an indigent defendant in a criminal proceeding to provide for the priority appointment of a public defender's office in a county with such an office and to revise the exceptions to the requirement that a court appoint such an office for an indigent defendant.