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  89R5929 MCF-D     By: Vasut H.B. No. 2085       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the deadline for the Texas Department of Criminal   Justice to take custody of certain persons confined in a county   jail.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 499.1215(b), Government Code, is amended   to read as follows:          (b)  The department shall take custody of a person awaiting   transfer to the department following conviction of a felony and   sentencing to death or to a term of imprisonment in the department   or confinement in a state jail not later than the first [ 45th ] day   following the date on which all documents required by Sections 8(a)   and (c), Article 42.09, Code of Criminal Procedure, have been   certified as required by Section 8(b) of that article.          SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only   to the confinement of a person that occurs on or after the effective   date of this Act, regardless of whether the requirements for   transfer of the person to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice   are completed before, on, or after that date.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.