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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a credit toward payment of costs for a defendant |
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confined in jail or other facility before sentencing. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 2, Article 42.03, Code of Criminal |
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Procedure, is amended by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as |
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follows: |
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(a-1) In addition to the credit on the defendant's sentence |
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given under Subsection (a), for each day of confinement described |
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by Subdivision (1) of that subsection, the judge shall give the |
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defendant, at a rate of $100 per day, credit toward payment of costs |
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imposed on the defendant. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to a |
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defendant who is sentenced for an offense on or after the effective |
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date of this Act, regardless of whether the offense is committed |
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before, on, or after the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |