Art. 46B.009. TIME CREDITS. (a) A court sentencing a person convicted of a criminal offense shall credit to the term of the person's sentence the time the person is confined in a mental health facility, residential care facility, or jail pending trial under Subchapter C. (b) A defendant may not be committed to a mental hospital or other in-patient or residential facility under this chapter for a cumulative period that exceeds the maximum term provided by law for the offense for which the defendant was to be tried. On expiration of that maximum term, the defendant may be confined for an additional period in a mental hospital or other in-patient or residential facility only pursuant to civil commitment proceedings. Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 35, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2004. Amended by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., ch. 324, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 2005.

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