Texas § 46B.082 TRANSPORTATION OF DEFENDANT TO COURT.

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§ 46B.082 — TRANSPORTATION OF DEFENDANT TO COURT.

Texas § 46B.082

Code CRCode of Criminal Procedure

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Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure Code Ann. § 46B.082 (2026).

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Art. 46B.082. TRANSPORTATION OF DEFENDANT TO COURT.

(a)On notification from the court under Article 46B.078 , the sheriff of the county in which the court is located or the sheriff's deputy shall transport the defendant to the court.

(b)If before the 15th day after the date on which the court received notification under Article 46B.079 (a), (b)(2), (b)(3), or (b-1) a defendant committed to a facility or jail-based competency restoration program or ordered to participate in an outpatient competency restoration program has not been transported to the court that issued the order under Article 46B.0711 , 46B.072 , or 46B.073 , as applicable, the head of the facility or provider of the jail-based competency restoration program to which the defendant is committed or the provider of the outpati

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Art. 46B.082. TRANSPORTATION OF DEFENDANT TO COURT. (a) On notification from the court under Article 46B.078 , the sheriff of the county in which the court is located or the sheriff's deputy shall transport the defendant to the court.
(b) If before the 15th day after the date on which the court received notification under Article 46B.079 (a), (b)(2), (b)(3), or (b-1) a defendant committed to a facility or jail-based competency restoration program or ordered to participate in an outpatient competency restoration program has not been transported to the court that issued the order under Article 46B.0711 , 46B.072 , or 46B.073 , as applicable, the head of the facility or provider of the jail-based competency restoration program to which the defendant is committed or the provider of the outpatient competency restoration program in which the defendant is participating shall cause the defendant to be promptly transported to the court and placed in the custody of the sheriff of the county in which the court is located. The county in which the court is located shall reimburse the Health and Human Services Commission or program provider, as appropriate, for the mileage and per diem expenses of the personnel required to transport the defendant, calculated in accordance with rates provided in the General Appropriations Act for state employees.

Legislative History

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 35, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2004. Amended by: Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1307 (S.B. 867 ), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2007. Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219 ), Sec. 6.014, eff. April 2, 2015. Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 748 (S.B. 1326 ), Sec. 25, eff. September 1, 2017.