Bill Text: TX HB3530 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the confinement in a county jail of certain defendants who are incompetent to stand trial and to the compensation to the county for the costs of that confinement.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-16 - Referred to Public Health [HB3530 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB3530-Introduced.html
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| By: Neave Criado | H.B. No. 3530 | |
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| relating to the confinement in a county jail of certain defendants | ||
| who are incompetent to stand trial and to the compensation to the | ||
| county for the costs of that confinement. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 46B, Code of Criminal | ||
| Procedure, is amended by adding Article 46B.014 to read as follows: | ||
| Art. 46B.014. TRANSFER TO COMMISSION; COMPENSATION TO | ||
| COUNTIES. (a) The commission shall take custody of a defendant | ||
| awaiting transfer to a mental health facility under an order issued | ||
| under Article 46B.073, not later than the 21st day following the | ||
| date the order is received by the commission. | ||
| (b) If the commission does not take custody of a defendant | ||
| within the period prescribed by Subsection (a), the commission | ||
| shall compensate the county at a rate of $350 for each day that the | ||
| defendant remains confined in the county jail following the | ||
| expiration of that period. | ||
| SECTION 2. Article 46B.014, Code of Criminal Procedure, as | ||
| added by this Act, applies only to compensation to a county for the | ||
| cost of a defendant's confinement that occurs on or after October 1, | ||
| 2023, regardless of whether the order of commitment is issued | ||
| before, on, or after that date. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
