Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 56A.553 · Subchapter L. NOTIFICATION BY DEPARTMENT OF ESCAPE OR TRANSFER
NOTIFICATION OF WITNESS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
The department shall immediately notify a witness who testified against a defendant at the trial for the offense for which the defendant is imprisoned, the witness's guardian, or the witness's close relative, if the witness, witness's guardian, or witness's close relative has notified the department as provided by Article 56A.554, when the defendant:
(1) escapes from a facility operated by the department for the imprisonment of individuals convicted of felonies other than state jail felonies; or
(2) is transferred from the custody of a facility described by Subdivision (1) to the custody of a peace officer under a writ of attachment or a bench warrant.
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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