Bill Text: TX HB1710 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled


Bill Title: Relating to notice provided to a court regarding a defendant confined in a state jail felony facility.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2023-06-13 - Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . September 1, 2024 [HB1710 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB1710-Enrolled.html
 
 
  H.B. No. 1710
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  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 felony
  facility on or after the effective date of this Act. A defendant
  who receives a sentence of confinement in a state jail felony
  facility 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, 2024.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1710 was passed by the House on May 2,
  2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 143, Nays 1, 1 present, not
  voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
  No. 1710 on May 25, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 133, Nays 3,
  2 present, not voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1710 was passed by the Senate, with
  amendments, on May 18, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays
  0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate   
  APPROVED: __________________
                  Date       
   
           __________________
                Governor       
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