By: White H.B. No. 3366
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to enhancing state jail felony offender accountability and
  supervision, and incentivizing compliance with treatment,
  educational, and vocational programming.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  The Code of Criminal Procedure is amended by
  amending Article 42.12, Section 15  (a)(1) to read as follows:
  PROCEDURES RELATED TO STATE JAIL FELONY COMMUNITY SUPERVISION.
         Section 15 (a)(1)  On conviction of a state jail felony under
  Section 481.115(b), 481.1151(b)(1), 481.116(b), 481.121(b)(3), or
  481.129(g)(1), Health and Safety Code, that is punished under
  Section 12.35(a), Penal Code, the judge shall suspend the
  imposition of the sentence and place the defendant on community
  supervision, unless the defendant has previously been convicted of
  a felony, other than a felony punished under Section 12.44(a),
  Penal Code, or unless the conviction resulted from an adjudication
  of the guilt of a defendant previously placed on deferred
  adjudication community supervision for the offense, in which event
  the judge may suspend the imposition of the sentence and place the
  defendant on community supervision or may order the sentence to be
  executed.  The provisions of this subdivision requiring the judge
  to suspend the imposition of the sentence and place the defendant on
  community supervision do not apply to a defendant who under Section
  481.1151(b)(1), Health and Safety Code, possessed more than five
  abuse units of the controlled substance or under Section
  481.121(b)(3), Health and Safety Code, possessed more than one
  pound of marihuana.
               (2)  On conviction of a state jail felony punished
  under Section 12.35(a), Penal Code, other than a state jail felony
  listed in Subdivision (1), the judge may suspend the imposition of
  the sentence and place the defendant on community supervision or
  may order the sentence to be executed.
               (3)  The judge may suspend in whole or in part the
  imposition of any fine imposed on conviction.
         (b)  The minimum period of community supervision a judge may
  impose under this section is two years. The maximum period of
  community supervision a judge may impose under this section is five
  years, except that the judge may extend the maximum period of
  community supervision under this section to not more than 10 years.
  A judge may extend a period of community supervision under this
  section at any time during the period of community supervision, or
  if a motion for revocation of community supervision is filed before
  the period of community supervision ends, before the first
  anniversary of the expiration of the period of community
  supervision.
         (c)(1)  A judge may impose any condition of community
  supervision on a defendant that the judge could impose on a
  defendant placed on supervision for an offense other than a state
  jail felony.
               (2)  Except as otherwise provided by Subdivision
               (3), a judge who places a defendant on community
  supervision for an offense listed in Subsection (a)(1) shall
  require the defendant to comply with substance abuse treatment
  conditions that are consistent with standards adopted by the Texas
  Board of Criminal Justice under Section 509.015, Government Code.
               (3)  A judge is not required to impose conditions
  described by Subdivision (2) if the judge makes an affirmative
  finding that the defendant does not require imposition of the
  conditions to successfully complete the period of community
  supervision.
         (d)  A judge may impose as a condition of community
  supervision that a defendant submit at the beginning of the period
  of community supervision to a term of confinement in a state jail
  felony facility for a term of not less than 90 days or more than 180
  days, or a term of not less than 90 days or more than one year if the
  defendant is convicted of an offense punishable as a state jail
  felony under Section 481.112, 481.1121, 481.113, or 481.120, Health
  and Safety Code. A judge may not require a defendant to submit to
  both the term of confinement authorized by this subsection and a
  term of confinement under Section 5 or 12 of this article. For the
  purposes of this subsection, a defendant previously has been
  convicted of a felony regardless of whether the sentence for the
  previous conviction was actually imposed or was probated and
  suspended.
         (e)  If a defendant violates a condition of community
  supervision imposed on the defendant under this article and after a
  hearing under Section 21 of this article the judge modifies the
  defendant's community supervision, the judge may impose any
  sanction permitted by Section 22 of this article, except that if the
  judge requires a defendant to serve a period of confinement in a
  state jail felony facility as a modification of the defendant's
  community supervision, the minimum term of confinement is 90 days
  and the maximum term of confinement is 180 days.
         (f)(1)  If a defendant violates a condition of community
  supervision imposed on the defendant under this article and after a
  hearing under Section 21 of this article the judge revokes the
  defendant's community supervision, the judge shall dispose of the
  case in the manner provided by Section 23 of this article.
               (2)  The court retains jurisdiction over the defendant
  for the period during which the defendant is confined in a state
  jail. At any time after the 75th day after the date the defendant is
  received into the custody of a state jail, the judge on the judge's
  own motion, on the motion of the attorney representing the state, or
  on the motion of the defendant may suspend further execution of the
  sentence and place the defendant on community supervision under the
  conditions of this section.
               (3)  When the defendant or the attorney representing
  the state files a written motion requesting suspension by the judge
  of further execution of the sentence and placement of the defendant
  on community supervision, the clerk of the court, if requested to do
  so by the judge, shall request a copy of the defendant's record
  while confined from the facility director of the state jail felony
  facility in which the defendant is confined or, if the defendant is
  confined in county jail, from the sheriff. On receipt of the
  request, the facility director or the sheriff shall forward to the
  judge, as soon as possible, a full and complete copy of the
  defendant's record while confined. When the defendant files a
  written motion requesting suspension of further execution of the
  sentence and placement on community supervision, he shall
  immediately deliver or cause to be delivered a true and correct copy
  of the motion to the office of the attorney representing the state.
  The judge may deny the motion without a hearing but may not grant
  the motion without holding a hearing and providing the attorney
  representing the state and the defendant the opportunity to present
  evidence on the motion.
         (g)  The facility director of a state jail felony facility
  shall report to a judge who orders a defendant confined in the
  facility as a condition of community supervision or as sanction
  imposed as a modification of community supervision under Subsection
  (e) not less than every 90 days on the defendant's programmatic
  progress, conduct, and conformity to the rules of the facility.
         (h)(1)  A defendant confined in a state jail felony facility
  does not earn good conduct time for time served in the facility
  except as specified in (l) of this Section. (2) A judge:(A) may
  credit against any time a defendant is required to serve in a state
  jail felony facility time served by the defendant in a county jail
  from the time of the defendant's arrest and confinement until
  sentencing by the trial court; and(B) shall credit against any time
  a defendant is required to serve in a state jail felony facility
  time served by the defendant in a substance abuse treatment
  facility operated by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice under
  Section 493.009, Government Code, or other court-ordered
  residential program or facility as a condition of deferred
  adjudication community supervision before sentencing, but only if
  the defendant successfully completes the treatment program in that
  facility.(3) A judge shall credit against any time a defendant is
  subsequently required to serve in a state jail felony facility
  after revocation of community supervision any time served after
  sentencing by the defendant:(A)  in a state jail felony facility;
  or(B)  in a substance abuse treatment facility operated by the Texas
  Department of Criminal Justice under Section 493.009, Government
  Code, or another court-ordered residential program or facility if
  the defendant successfully completes the treatment program in that
  facility. Text of subsection as added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S.,
  Ch. 1308, Sec. 7
         (i)   If a defendant is convicted of a state jail felony and
  the sentence is executed, the judge sentencing the
  defendant may release the defendant to a medically
  suitable placement if the judge determines that the
  defendant does not constitute a threat to public safety
  and the Texas Correctional Office on Offenders with
  Medical or Mental Impairments:(1)  in coordination with
  the Correctional Managed Health Care Committee prepares
  a case summary and medical report that identifies the
  defendant as being elderly, physically disabled,
  mentally ill, terminally ill, or mentally retarded or
  having a condition requiring long-term care; and(2)  in
  cooperation with the community supervision and
  corrections department serving the sentencing court,
  prepares for the defendant a medically recommended
  intensive supervision and continuity of care plan
  that:(A)  ensures appropriate supervision of the
  defendant by the community supervision and corrections
  department;
  and (B)  requires the defendant to remain under the care of a
  physician at and reside in a medically suitable placement.
  Text of subsection as added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch.
  617, Sec. 1 (i)  If a defendant is convicted of a state jail
  felony and the sentence is executed, the judge sentencing the
  defendant may release the defendant to a medical care
  facility or medical treatment program if the Texas
  Correctional Office on Offenders with Medical or Mental
  Impairments:(1)  identifies the defendant as being elderly,
  physically disabled, mentally ill, terminally ill, or
  mentally retarded or having a condition requiring long-term
  care; and(2)  in cooperation with the community supervision
  and corrections department serving the sentencing court,
  prepares for the defendant a medically recommended intensive
  supervision plan that:(A)  ensures appropriate supervision
  of the defendant; and(B)  requires the defendant to remain
  under the care of a physician at the facility or in the
  program. Text of subsection as added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg.,
  R.S., Ch. 1308, Sec. 7
         (j)  The Texas Correctional Office on Offenders with Medical
  or Mental Impairments shall submit to a judge who releases a
  defendant to an appropriate medical care facility under Subsection
  (i) a quarterly status report concerning the defendant's medical
  and treatment status. Text of subsection as added by Acts 2007, 80th
  Leg., R.S., Ch. 617, Sec. 1 (j)  If a defendant released to a medical
  care facility or medical treatment program under Subsection (i)
  violates the terms of that release, the judge may dispose of the
  matter as provided by Subsections (e) and (f)(1).
         (k)  If a defendant released to a medically suitable
  placement under Subsection (i) violates the terms of that release,
  the judge may dispose of the matter as provided by Subsections (e)
  and (f)(1).
         (l)  The file of a state jail inmate serving time for a
  conviction of a state jail felony punished under Section 12.35(a),
  Penal Code, other than a state jail felony listed in Subdivision
  (1), shall be sent to the sentencing court 30 days prior to the date
  at which the inmate will have served 75 percent of their sentence,
  if the Department of Criminal Justice in consultation with the unit
  warden have determined:
               (1)  the inmate has an exemplary disciplinary record
  while incarcerated,
               (2)  the inmate has demonstrated full compliance with
  all offered educational, treatment, and vocational programs while
  incarcerated,
               (3)  the inmate is not a member of a security threat
  group.
               (4)  the inmate has no prior felony conviction for a
  violent or sexual offense.
         (l)(1)  If the sentencing court does not notify the
  Department of Criminal Justice within the 30 day period that
  the inmate shall be incarcerated for the remainder of their
  sentence, the inmate shall be transferred to community
  supervision on the date at which 75 percent of the sentence
  has been discharged. While on community supervision, if the
  offender is alleged to have committed another offense or to
  have substantially violated the terms of their supervision,
  the sentencing court on a motion from the community
  supervision department or prosecuting attorney may place the
  offender in an intermediate sanctions facility for a period
  not to exceed 180 days as specified in Section 508.283,
  Government Code. Upon being placed in an intermediate
  sanctions facility, the offender shall not receive credit
  towards their sentence for the time on community supervision
  following their placement in the intermediate sanctions
  facility and shall discharge the remainder of the sentence
  that was remaining following release from the state jail.