89th Legislature, Regular Session
HB 773
Relating to the authority of a court to grant a commutation of punishment to certain individuals serving a term of imprisonment.
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89R4503 EAS-F By: Moody H.B. No. 773 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the authority of a court to grant a commutation of punishment to certain individuals serving a term of imprisonment. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Title 1, Code of Criminal Procedure, is amended by adding Chapter 53 to read as follows: CHAPTER 53. JUDICIAL COMMUTATION Art. 53.001. APPLICABILITY. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), this chapter applies only to an inmate confined in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice who: