Bill Text: TX HB1127 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to an application for a writ of habeas corpus in a community supervision case.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-05-26 - Placed on intent calendar [HB1127 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB1127-Comm_Sub.html
By: Anchia (Senate Sponsor - Johnson) | H.B. No. 1127 | |
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 12, 2021; | ||
May 14, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal | ||
Justice; May 20, 2021, reported favorably by the following vote: | ||
Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 20, 2021, sent to printer.) | ||
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relating to an application for a writ of habeas corpus in a | ||
community supervision case. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 5(a), Article 11.072, Code of Criminal | ||
Procedure, is amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) Immediately on filing an application, the applicant | ||
shall serve a copy of the application on the attorney representing | ||
the state[ |
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requested; | ||
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(3) secure electronic mail or another form of secure | ||
electronic transmission. | ||
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
to an application for a writ of habeas corpus filed on or after the | ||
effective date of this Act. An application filed before the | ||
effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect when the | ||
application was filed, and the former law is continued in effect for | ||
that purpose. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
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