Bill Text: TX HB126 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Bill 126 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to certain time limits on a delay in the state's readiness to proceed with the trial of a criminal case.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-13 - Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence [HB126 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB126-Introduced.html

	86R1253 JCG-D

	By: Canales	H.B. No. 126



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to certain time limits on a delay in the state's readiness
	to proceed with the trial of a criminal case.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Article 17.151, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
	amended by adding Section 3 to read as follows:
	Sec. 3. (a) The court may enter an order extending a period
	described by Section 1 for an additional period of 30 days if:
	(1) the court determines at a hearing under Subsection
	(b) that good cause exists for the extension; and
	(2) the defendant is accused of:
	(A) an offense under Section 20A.03, Penal Code;
	or
	(B) an offense described by Article 42A.054 or
	62.001(5).
	(b) On oral or written request by the attorney representing
	the state, the court shall conduct a hearing to determine whether
	good cause exists for extending a period described by Section 1.
	(c) The court may grant only two 30-day extensions under
	this section in connection with the specific offense on which the
	accusation is based.
	SECTION 2. This Act applies only to a person who is arrested
	on or after the effective date of this Act, regardless of when the
	offense giving rise to the arrest was committed. A person who is
	arrested before the effective date of this Act is governed by the
	law in effect on the date the person was arrested, and the former
	law is continued in effect for that purpose.
	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.