Bill Text: TX SB1746 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a prohibition on requiring a defendant to enter a plea of guilty or nolo contendere as a condition of entering certain pretrial intervention programs.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-24 - Referred to Criminal Justice [SB1746 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SB1746-Introduced.html
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By: Hinojosa | S.B. No. 1746 |
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relating to a prohibition on requiring a defendant to enter a plea | ||
of guilty or nolo contendere as a condition of entering certain | ||
pretrial intervention programs. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 76.011(b), Government Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(b) Except as otherwise provided by this subsection, a | ||
program [ |
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may include reasonable conditions related to the purpose of the | ||
program, including testing for controlled substances. A program | ||
operated by the department under Subsection (a) may not include a | ||
condition that a defendant enter a plea of guilty or nolo contendere | ||
to participate in the program. If this subsection conflicts with a | ||
more specific provision of another law, the other law prevails. | ||
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to a | ||
condition for participation in a pretrial intervention program | ||
imposed on or after the effective date of this Act. A condition for | ||
participation in a pretrial intervention program imposed before the | ||
effective date of this Act is governed by the law as it existed on | ||
the date the condition was imposed, and the former law is continued | ||
in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |