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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 a defendant |
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confined in a state jail felony facility. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Article 42A.558, Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows: |
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(b-1) Not later than the 60th day after the date a defendant |
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is received into the custody of a state jail felony facility, the |
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Texas Department of Criminal Justice shall notify the sentencing |
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court of the date on which the defendant will have served 75 days in |
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the facility. The notice must be provided by e-mail or other |
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electronic communication. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Article |
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42A.558, Code of Criminal Procedure, applies only to a defendant |
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who receives a sentence of confinement in a state jail on or after |
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the effective date of this Act. A defendant who receives a sentence |
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of confinement in a state jail before the effective date of this Act |
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is governed by the law in effect at the time of sentencing, and the |
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former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |