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1	1	81R3998 HLT-D
2	2	By: Pierson, et al. H.B. No. 483
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to an administrative fee for defendants required by a
8	8	court to perform community service in lieu of serving a term of
9	9	confinement in county jail.
10	10	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
11	11	SECTION 1. Article 42.036, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
12	12	amended by adding Subsection (g) to read as follows:
13	13	(g) A court that requires a defendant to perform community
14	14	service under this article may order the defendant to pay to the
15	15	court an administrative fee, not to exceed $50, to cover the cost of
16	16	administering this article.
17	17	SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 103, Government Code, is
18	18	amended by adding Section 103.034 to read as follows:
19	19	Sec. 103.034. ADMINISTRATIVE FEE IN CERTAIN CRIMINAL CASES.
20	20	A defendant shall pay an administrative fee not to exceed $50 under
21	21	Article 42.036(g), Code of Criminal Procedure, to perform community
22	22	service in lieu of serving a term of confinement in a county jail,
23	23	if ordered by the court.
24	24	SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only
25	25	to a defendant convicted of an offense committed on or after the
26	26	effective date of this Act. A defendant convicted of an offense
27	27	committed before the effective date of this Act is covered by the
28	28	law in effect when the offense was committed, and the former law is
29	29	continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of this section,
30	30	an offense was committed before the effective date of this Act if
31	31	any element of the offense occurred before that date.
32	32	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.