Bill Text: TX HB2845 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Bill 2845 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to the authority of a judge to impose a period of confinement in a county jail for a violation of a condition of community supervision.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-17 - Referred to Corrections [HB2845 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-HB2845-Introduced.html

	82R9853 MAW-D

	By: Madden	H.B. No. 2845



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the authority of a judge to impose a period of
	confinement in a county jail for a violation of a condition of
	community supervision.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 21, Article 42.12, Code of Criminal
	Procedure, is amended by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as
	follows:
	(a-1) In addition to any other authority granted under this
	section, a judge who has reason to believe a defendant has violated
	a condition of community supervision, other than by committing a
	new offense, may provide to the defendant a warning that clearly
	communicates the consequences of violating a condition of community
	supervision, including the ability of the judge to modify the
	community supervision under Section 22, require the defendant to
	serve a period of confinement in a county jail under Section 22(e),
	or revoke the community supervision under Section 23.
	SECTION 2. Section 22, Article 42.12, Code of Criminal
	Procedure, is amended by adding Subsections (e) and (f) to read as
	follows:
	(e) In addition to the other sanctions authorized under this
	section, a judge may order a defendant to serve a period of
	confinement in a county jail if the judge determines that the
	defendant violated a condition of community supervision after
	receiving the warning provided by Section 21(a-1). The period of
	confinement may not exceed:
	(1) three days for a first violation;
	(2) seven days for a second violation;
	(3) 14 days for a third violation; and
	(4) 21 days for a fourth or subsequent violation.
	(f) A period of confinement ordered under Subsection (e)
	does not count toward any limitation on a period of confinement
	otherwise provided by this article.
	SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies to a
	person placed on community supervision on or after the effective
	date of this Act regardless of when the person committed the offense
	for which the person is placed on community supervision.
	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.