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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the reduction or termination of the period of community |
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supervision imposed on a defendant convicted of certain |
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intoxication offenses. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 20(b), Article 42.12, Code of Criminal |
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Procedure, is amended to read as follows: |
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(b) This section does not apply to: |
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(1) a defendant convicted of an offense [under
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Sections 49.04-49.08, Penal Code, a defendant convicted of an
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offense] for which on conviction registration as a sex offender is |
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required under Chapter 62;[, as added by Chapter 668, Acts of the
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75th Legislature, Regular Session, 1997,] or |
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(2) a defendant convicted of an offense punishable as |
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a state jail felony. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to a |
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defendant who is placed on community supervision before, on, or |
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after the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |