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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to requests for certain information by the Texas Judicial |
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Council regarding reductions of state jail felony punishment to |
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misdemeanor punishment. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 71.035, Government Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: |
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(e) In accordance with Subsection (b), the council shall |
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request statistics related to: |
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(1) reductions by courts of state jail felony |
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punishment to misdemeanor punishment in accordance with Section |
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12.44, Penal Code, including: |
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(A) the number and type of offenses for which a |
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court sentenced a defendant under Section 12.44(a), Penal Code; and |
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(B) the number and type of offenses for which a |
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court authorized prosecution under Section 12.44(b), Penal Code; |
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and |
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(2) the number of defendants placed in a pretrial |
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diversion or pretrial intervention program. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |