82nd Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 748, Chapter 718 Page: 1 of 7
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H.B . No. 748
Chapter 718
1 AN ACT
2 relating to a criminal defendant's incompetency to stand trial, to
3 certain related time credits, and to the maximum period allowed for
4 restoration of the defendant to competency.
5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS;
6 SECTION 1. Section 2(a), Article 42.03, Code of Criminal
7 Procedure, is amended to read as follows:
8 (a) In all criminal cases the judge of the court in which the
9 defendant is convicted shall give the defendant credit on the
10 defendant's sentence for the time that the defendant has spent:
11 (1) in jail for the case, including confinement served
12 as described by Article 46B.009 and excluding [th than
13 confinement served as a condition of community supervision, from
14 the time of his arrest and confinement until his sentence by the
15 trial court; [e]
16 (2) in a substance abuse treatment facility operated
17 by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice under Section 493.009,
18 Government Code, or another court-ordered residential program or
19 facility as a condition of deferred adjudication community
20 supervision granted in the case if the defendant successfully
21 completes the treatment program at that facility;io
22 (3) confined in a mental health facility or
23 residential care facility as described by Article 46B.009.
24 SECTION 2. Article 46B.009, Code of.Criminal Procedure, is
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Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. 82nd Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 748, Chapter 718, legislative document, June 17, 2011; [Austin, Texas]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth311660/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.