Bill Amendment: TX HB409 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature

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Bill Title: Relating to the governance and administration of the Texas Indigent Defense Commission and to certain disclosures made in relation to the provision of funding for indigent defense services.

Status: 2023-06-13 - Effective on 9/1/23 [HB409 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB409-House_Amendment_H_2_1-Collier.html

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Amend HB 409 (house committee report) by striking page 1, line 22, through page 2, line 3, and substituting the following:

(6)  one member who is either:

(A)  a director of a managed assigned counsel program in this state; or

(B)  a justice of the peace, municipal court judge, or appointed magistrate under Article 2.09, Code of Criminal Procedure, whose regular duties include presiding over hearings under Article 15.17, Code of Criminal Procedure; and

(7)  one member who has a demonstrated expertise in indigent defense issues.