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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to certain inmates entering certain pleas by closed |
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circuit video teleconferencing. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 27, Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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amended by adding Article 27.19 to read as follows: |
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Art. 27.19. PLEA BY CERTAIN INMATES. Notwithstanding any |
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other provision of this code, a court shall accept a plea of guilty |
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or nolo contendere with respect to a Class A or B misdemeanor under |
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the procedure established by Article 27.18 from an inmate who is |
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incarcerated in a facility operated by or under contract with the |
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Texas Department of Criminal Justice following a felony conviction |
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who is charged with also having committed the misdemeanor. |
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SECTION 2. Article 27.19, Code of Criminal Procedure, as |
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added by this Act, applies to a plea of guilty or nolo contendere |
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entered on or after the effective date of this Act, regardless of |
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whether the offense with reference to which the plea is entered is |
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committed before, on, or after that date. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |