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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to confinement as a condition of community supervision. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Article 42A.302, Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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amended by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (d) to |
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read as follows: |
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(c) A judge may impose a term of confinement as a condition |
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of community supervision under this article on placing the |
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defendant on supervision or at any time during the supervision |
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period. Notwithstanding the requirement of Subsection (a) that a |
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defendant be confined in a county jail, if the judge imposes as a |
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condition of community supervision in a felony case that the |
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defendant submit to a term of confinement at the beginning of the |
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period of community supervision, the judge may require the |
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defendant to submit to confinement in a county jail or the Texas |
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Department of Criminal Justice. |
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(d) The judge may impose terms of confinement as a condition |
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of community supervision in increments smaller than the maximum |
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terms provided by Subsection (a), except that the judge may not |
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impose terms of confinement that, if added together, exceed the |
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maximum terms provided by Subsection (a). |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to a |
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defendant placed on community supervision on or after the effective |
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date of this Act, regardless of whether the offense for which the |
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defendant was placed on community supervision was committed before, |
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on, or after the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |