Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 42A.553
This is the official text of Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 42A.553, part of Texas’s Code of Criminal Procedure — sets the procedural rules for criminal cases in Texas.
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§ 42A.553. MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM PERIODS OF COMMUNITY SUPERVISION; EXTENSION.
Official statutory text
(a) The minimum period of community supervision a judge may impose under this subchapter is two years. The maximum period of community supervision a judge may impose under this subchapter is five years, except that the judge may extend the maximum period of community supervision under this subchapter to not more than 10 years.
(b) A judge may extend a period of community supervision under this subchapter:
(1) at any time during the period of community supervision; or
(2) before the first anniversary of the date the period of community supervision ends, if a motion for revocation of community supervision is filed before the date the period of community supervision ends.
(b) A judge may extend a period of community supervision under this subchapter:
(1) at any time during the period of community supervision; or
(2) before the first anniversary of the date the period of community supervision ends, if a motion for revocation of community supervision is filed before the date the period of community supervision ends.
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