Bill Text: TX HB1329 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to notice provided to a court regarding a defendant confined in a state jail felony facility.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-05 - Referred to Corrections [HB1329 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB1329-Introduced.html
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| By: Canales | H.B. No. 1329 | |
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| relating to notice provided to a court regarding a defendant | ||
| confined in a state jail felony facility. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Article 42A.558, Code of Criminal Procedure, is | ||
| amended by adding Subsections (b-1) and (b-2) to read as follows: | ||
| (b-1) On request of the judge, the Texas Department of | ||
| Criminal Justice shall, not later than the 60th day after the date | ||
| the defendant is received into the custody of a state jail felony | ||
| facility, notify the judge 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. | ||
| (b-2) For purposes of Subsection (b-1), the judge may submit | ||
| a single request to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice with | ||
| respect to all applicable defendants sentenced in the judge's | ||
| court. | ||
| SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Article | ||
| 42A.558, 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, 2021. | ||
