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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to credit toward a defendant's sentence for time confined |
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in jail or prison before sentencing. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Article 42.03, Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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amended by adding Section 2-a to read as follows: |
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Sec. 2-a. In addition to relating the credit given to a |
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defendant under Section 2, the judge of the court in which the |
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defendant is convicted may give the defendant credit on the |
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defendant's sentence for any time the defendant was confined in |
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jail or prison for another case only, if that confinement occurred |
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after or before the commission of the offense for which the |
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defendant is convicted and before the date of the defendant's |
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sentencing. |
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Sec. 2-b. In addition to the credit given to a defendant |
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under Section 2, the judge of the court in which the defendant is |
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convicted may give the defendant combined credit on the defendant's |
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sentence for any time the defendant was confined in jail or prison |
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for another case regardless of which plea deal the defendant agrees |
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to. |
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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, 2023. |