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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to certain responsibilities of a defendant serving a term |
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of community supervision who changes residence within this state. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 17(a), Article 42.12, Code of Criminal |
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Procedure, is amended to read as follows: |
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(a) If, for good and sufficient reasons, a defendant desires |
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to change the defendant's [his] residence within the state, the |
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change may be effected by application to the defendant's |
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[supervising] supervision officer. A[, which] change of residence |
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under this subsection is [shall be] subject to the judge's consent |
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and subject to any conditions of community supervision the judge |
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imposes as a result of the change, in addition to any other |
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conditions imposed under this article [such regulations as the
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judge may require in the absence of an officer in the locality to
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which the defendant is transferred]. |
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SECTION 2. Section 19, Article 42.12, Code of Criminal |
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Procedure, is amended by adding Subsection (i) to read as follows: |
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(i) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), in a misdemeanor case |
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in which the community supervision and corrections department |
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supervising a defendant changes as a result of a change in the |
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defendant's residence, the defendant shall pay any fee imposed on |
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the defendant under this section to the department currently |
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supervising the defendant. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |