Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 42A.501 · Subchapter K. CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TO CERTAIN OTHER OFFENSES AND OFFENDERS
COMMUNITY SUPERVISION FOR OFFENSE COMMITTED BECAUSE OF BIAS OR PREJUDICE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A court granting community supervision to a defendant convicted of an offense for which the court has made an affirmative finding under Article 42.014 shall require as a term of community supervision that the defendant:
(1) serve a term of not more than one year imprisonment in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice if the offense is a felony other than an offense under Section 19.02, Penal Code; or
(2) serve a term of not more than 90 days confinement in jail if the offense is a misdemeanor.
(b) The court may not grant community supervision on its own motion or on the recommendation of the jury to a defendant convicted of an offense for which the court has made an affirmative finding under Article 42.014 if:
(1) the offense for which the court has made the affirmative finding is an offense under Section 19.02, Penal Code; or
(2) the defendant has been previously convicted of an offense for which the court made an affirmative finding under Article 42.014.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 770 (H.B. 2299), Sec. 1.01, eff. January 1, 2017.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CR/htm/CR.42A.htm
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