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From the 2005 Regular Session of the Texas Legislature

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	S.B. No. 599

AN ACT

relating to the eligibility of a criminal
defendant for release from jail after a delay in prosecution.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE
STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1.  Section 2, Article 17.151,
Code of Criminal Procedure, is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 2.  The provisions of this article
do not apply to a defendant who is:

	(1)  serving a sentence of imprisonment
for another offense while the defendant he
is serving that sentence;

	(2)  being detained pending trial of another
accusation against the defendant him
as to which the applicable period has not yet elapsed;
or

	(3)  incompetent to stand trial, during
the period of the defendant's his
incompetence; or

	(4)  being detained for a violation
of the conditions of a previous release related to
the safety of a victim of the alleged offense or to
the safety of the community under this article.

SECTION 2.  Section 3, Article 17.151,
Code of Criminal Procedure, is repealed.

SECTION 3.  This Act applies only to a
person who is arrested on or after the effective date
of this Act, regardless of when the offense giving
rise to the arrest was committed.  A person who is
arrested before the effective date of this Act is governed
by the law in effect at the time of the arrest, and
the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.

SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September
1, 2005.

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President of the Senate        
    Speaker of the House

I hereby certify that S.B. No. 599 passed
the Senate on April 7, 2005, by the following vote:
 Yeas 25, Nays 0.


______________________________


    Secretary of the Senate


I hereby certify that S.B. No. 599 passed
the House on May 10, 2005, by a non-record vote.


______________________________


    Chief Clerk of the House


Approved:


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             Date


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           Governor