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AN ACT
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relating to the transfer of certain inmates to the Texas Department |
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of Criminal Justice following pronouncement of the inmate's |
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sentence. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 3, Article 42.09, Code of Criminal |
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Procedure, is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 3. If a defendant [is] convicted of a felony is [and] |
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sentenced to death or to [,] life [, or a term of more than ten
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years] in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice or is ineligible |
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for release on bail pending appeal under Article 44.04(b) and [he] |
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gives notice of appeal, the defendant [he] shall be transferred to |
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the department on a commitment pending a mandate from the court of |
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appeals or the Court of Criminal Appeals. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 904 was passed by the House on April |
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13, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 1 present, not |
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voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 904 was passed by the Senate on May |
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20, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |