Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 42A.602 · Subchapter M. COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS FACILITIES
MAXIMUM TERM OR TERMS OF CONFINEMENT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) If a judge requires as a condition of community supervision or participation in a pretrial intervention program operated under Section 76.011, Government Code, or a drug court program established under Chapter 123, Government Code, or former law that the defendant serve a term of confinement in a community corrections facility, the term may not exceed 24 months.
(b) A judge who requires as a condition of community supervision that the defendant serve a term of confinement in a community corrections facility may not impose a subsequent term of confinement in a community corrections facility or jail during the same supervision period that, if added to the terms previously imposed, exceeds 36 months.
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.
Amended by:
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 977 (H.B. 351), Sec. 5(a), eff. September 1, 2017.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CR/htm/CR.42A.htm
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