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Amend HB 155 (house committee report) by striking page 1, lines 5 through 12, and substituting the following:
SECTION 1. Article 42A.558, Code of Criminal Procedure, is amended by adding Subsections (b-1) and (b-2) to read as follows:
(b-1) On request of the judge, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shall, not later than the 60th day after the date the defendant is received into the custody of a state jail felony facility, notify the judge of the date on which the defendant will have served 75 days in the facility. The notice must be provided by e-mail or other electronic communication.
(b-2) For purposes of Subsection (b-1), the judge may submit a single request to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice with respect to all applicable defendants sentenced in the judge's court.