79R2494 MFC-D

By:  Uresti                                                       H.B. No. 1860



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the authority of a judge to reduce or terminate the 
community supervision of a defendant convicted of an offense 
punishable as a state jail felony.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 20(b), Article 42.12, Code of Criminal 
Procedure, is amended to read as follows:
	(b)  This section does not apply to a defendant convicted of 
an offense under Sections 49.04-49.08, Penal Code, or a defendant 
convicted of an offense for which on conviction registration as a 
sex offender is required under Chapter 62[, as added by Chapter 668, 
Acts of the 75th Legislature, Regular Session, 1997, or a defendant 
convicted of an offense punishable as a state jail felony].
	SECTION 2.  This Act applies to a defendant placed on 
community supervision before, on, or after the effective date of 
this Act.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.