1-1     By:  Ritter (Senate Sponsor - Staples)                H.B. No. 1659
 1-2           (In the Senate - Received from the House April 2, 2001;
 1-3     April 3, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on
 1-4     Criminal Justice; May 10, 2001, reported adversely, with favorable
 1-5     Committee Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 6, Nays 0;
 1-6     May 10, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-7     COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 1659                By:  Whitmire
 1-8                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-9                                   AN ACT
1-10     relating to the duty of a county to notify the Texas Department of
1-11     Criminal Justice regarding certain proceedings in cases of
1-12     defendants or inmates returned to the county on a bench warrant.
1-13           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-14           SECTION 1.  Chapter 24, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
1-15     amended by adding Article 24.131 to read as follows:
1-16           Art. 24.131.  NOTIFICATION TO DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE.
1-17     If after the Texas Department of Criminal Justice transfers a
1-18     defendant or inmate to a county under Article 24.13 and before that
1-19     person is returned to the department the person is released on bail
1-20     or the charges on which the person was convicted and for which the
1-21     person was transferred to the department are dismissed, the county
1-22     shall immediately notify an officer designated by the department of
1-23     the release on bail or the dismissal.
1-24           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-25     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-26     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-27     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-28     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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