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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to notice provided to a court regarding certain defendants |
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placed on state jail felony community supervision. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 15(f), Article 42.12, Code of Criminal |
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Procedure, is amended by adding Subdivision (2-a) to read as |
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follows: |
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(2-a) Not later than the 60th day after the date a |
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defendant is received into the custody of a state jail felony |
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facility, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shall notify the |
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sentencing court of the date on which the defendant will have served |
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75 days in the facility. The notice must be provided by e-mail or |
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other electronic communication. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Section |
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15(f), Article 42.12, Code of Criminal Procedure, applies only to a |
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defendant who receives a sentence of confinement in a state jail on |
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or after the effective date of this Act. A defendant who receives a |
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sentence of confinement in a state jail before the effective date of |
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this Act is governed by the law in effect at the time of sentencing, |
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and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |