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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the imposition of concurrent or consecutive sentences |
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for certain convictions. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Article 42.08, Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: |
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(a-1) For purposes of Subsection (a), a defendant has been |
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convicted of an offense if the defendant was adjudged guilty of the |
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offense or entered a plea of guilty or nolo contendere in return for |
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a grant of deferred adjudication community supervision, regardless |
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of whether the sentence for the offense was ever imposed or whether |
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the sentence was probated and the defendant was subsequently |
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discharged from community supervision. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is |
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governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, |
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and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For |
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purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the |
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effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred |
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before that date. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |