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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the abolition of the state boot camp program. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. The following are repealed: |
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(1) Section 8, Article 42.12, Code of Criminal |
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Procedure; and |
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(2) Section 499.052, Government Code. |
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SECTION 2. (a) On and after the effective date of this Act: |
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(1) a judge may not recommend a person for placement in |
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the state boot camp program under Section 499.052, Government Code; |
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and |
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(2) a participant in the state boot camp program |
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remains a participant in the program only until the later of the |
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following dates: |
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(A) the date on which the convicting court |
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suspends further execution of the sentence and reassumes custody of |
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the person; or |
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(B) the date on which the Texas Department of |
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Criminal Justice transfers the person to another unit in the |
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department. |
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(b) Section 8, Article 42.12, Code of Criminal Procedure, |
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and Section 499.052, Government Code, repealed by this Act, are |
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continued in effect for the limited purpose of the orderly |
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abolition of the state boot camp program created by those |
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provisions. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |