Bill Text: TX HB1015 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to notice provided to a court regarding certain defendants placed on state jail felony community supervision.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Vetoed) 2015-06-18 - Vetoed by the Governor [HB1015 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB1015-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 1015 |
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relating to notice provided to a court regarding certain defendants | ||
placed on state jail felony community supervision. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 15(f), Article 42.12, Code of Criminal | ||
Procedure, is amended by adding Subdivision (2-a) to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(2-a) Not later than the 60th day after the date a | ||
defendant is received into the custody of a state jail felony | ||
facility, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shall notify the | ||
sentencing court of the date on which the defendant will have served | ||
75 days in the facility. The notice must be provided by e-mail or | ||
other electronic communication. | ||
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Section | ||
15(f), Article 42.12, Code of Criminal Procedure, applies only to a | ||
defendant who receives a sentence of confinement in a state jail on | ||
or after the effective date of this Act. A defendant who receives a | ||
sentence of confinement in a state jail before the effective date of | ||
this Act is governed by the law in effect at the time of sentencing, | ||
and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 1015 was passed by the House on May 5, | ||
2015, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 1, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 1015 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
26, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |