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Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 46B.009 — Time credits
Current through 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)
Part of Chapter 46B: INCOMPETENCY TO STAND TRIAL, Texas Code of Criminal Procedure.
Full text of Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 46B.009
Statutory text current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025). This publication reproduces the official statutory text; it is not the official statutes of the State of Texas.
A court sentencing a person convicted of a criminal offense shall credit to the term of the person's sentence each of the following periods for which the person may be confined in a mental health facility, residential care facility, or jail: (1) any period of confinement that occurs pending a determination under Subchapter C as to the defendant's competency to stand trial; and (2) any period of confinement that occurs between the date of any initial determination of the defendant's incompetency under that subchapter and the date the person is transported to jail following a final judicial determination that the person has been restored to competency.
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