Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 56A.159 · Subchapter D. VICTIM IMPACT STATEMENT
TRANSFER OF STATEMENT AFTER SENTENCING.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) If a court sentences a defendant to a period of community supervision, the attorney representing the state shall forward any victim impact statement received in the case to the community supervision and corrections department supervising the defendant.
(b) If a court sentences a defendant to imprisonment in the department, the court shall attach to the commitment papers the copy of the victim impact statement provided to the court under Article 56A.157(b).
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 469 (H.B. 4173), Sec. 1.05, eff. January 1, 2021.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CR/htm/CR.56A.htm
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