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1	1	H.B. No. 590
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4	4	AN ACT
5	5	relating to the name of the Crime Stoppers Advisory Council.
6	6	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
7	7	SECTION 1. The heading to Chapter 414, Government Code, is
8	8	amended to read as follows:
9	9	CHAPTER 414. TEXAS CRIME STOPPERS [ADVISORY] COUNCIL
10	10	SECTION 2. Section 414.001(1), Government Code, is amended
11	11	to read as follows:
12	12	(1) "Council" means the Texas Crime Stoppers
13	13	[Advisory] Council.
14	14	SECTION 3. Section 414.002(a), Government Code, is amended
15	15	to read as follows:
16	16	(a) The Texas Crime Stoppers [Advisory] Council is within
17	17	the criminal justice division of the governor's office.
18	18	SECTION 4. Article 37.073(c), Code of Criminal Procedure,
19	19	is amended to read as follows:
20	20	(c) In this article, "crime stoppers organization" means a
21	21	crime stoppers organization, as defined by Subdivision (2), Section
22	22	414.001, Government Code, that is approved by the Texas Crime
23	23	Stoppers [Advisory] Council to receive payments of rewards under
24	24	this article and Article 42.152 [of this code].
25	25	SECTION 5. Section 11(a), Article 42.12, Code of Criminal
26	26	Procedure, is amended to read as follows:
27	27	(a) The judge of the court having jurisdiction of the case
28	28	shall determine the conditions of community supervision and may, at
29	29	any time[,] during the period of community supervision, alter or
30	30	modify the conditions. The judge may impose any reasonable
31	31	condition that is designed to protect or restore the community,
32	32	protect or restore the victim, or punish, rehabilitate, or reform
33	33	the defendant. Conditions of community supervision may include,
34	34	but shall not be limited to, the conditions that the defendant
35	35	shall:
36	36	(1) Commit no offense against the laws of this State or
37	37	of any other State or of the United States;
38	38	(2) Avoid injurious or vicious habits;
39	39	(3) Avoid persons or places of disreputable or harmful
40	40	character;
41	41	(4) Report to the supervision officer as directed by
42	42	the judge or supervision officer and obey all rules and regulations
43	43	of the community supervision and corrections department;
44	44	(5) Permit the supervision officer to visit the
45	45	defendant at the defendant's home or elsewhere;
46	46	(6) Work faithfully at suitable employment as far as
47	47	possible;
48	48	(7) Remain within a specified place;
49	49	(8) Pay the defendant's fine, if one be assessed, and
50	50	all court costs whether a fine be assessed or not, in one or several
51	51	sums;
52	52	(9) Support the defendant's dependents;
53	53	(10) Participate, for a time specified by the judge in
54	54	any community-based program, including a community-service work
55	55	program under Section 16 of this article;
56	56	(11) Reimburse the county in which the prosecution was
57	57	instituted for compensation paid to appointed counsel for defending
58	58	the defendant in the case, if counsel was appointed, or if the
59	59	defendant was represented by a county-paid public defender, in an
60	60	amount that would have been paid to an appointed attorney had the
61	61	county not had a public defender;
62	62	(12) Remain under custodial supervision in a community
63	63	corrections facility, obey all rules and regulations of such
64	64	facility, and pay a percentage of the defendant's income to the
65	65	facility for room and board;
66	66	(13) Pay a percentage of the defendant's income to the
67	67	defendant's dependents for their support while under custodial
68	68	supervision in a community corrections facility;
69	69	(14) Submit to testing for alcohol or controlled
70	70	substances;
71	71	(15) Attend counseling sessions for substance abusers
72	72	or participate in substance abuse treatment services in a program
73	73	or facility approved or licensed by the Texas Commission on Alcohol
74	74	and Drug Abuse;
75	75	(16) With the consent of the victim of a misdemeanor
76	76	offense or of any offense under Title 7, Penal Code, participate in
77	77	victim-defendant mediation;
78	78	(17) Submit to electronic monitoring;
79	79	(18) Reimburse the compensation to victims of crime
80	80	fund for any amounts paid from that fund to or on behalf of a victim,
81	81	as defined by Article 56.32, of the defendant's offense or if no
82	82	reimbursement is required, make one payment to the compensation to
83	83	victims of crime fund in an amount not to exceed $50 if the offense
84	84	is a misdemeanor or not to exceed $100 if the offense is a felony;
85	85	(19) Reimburse a law enforcement agency for the
86	86	analysis, storage, or disposal of raw materials, controlled
87	87	substances, chemical precursors, drug paraphernalia, or other
88	88	materials seized in connection with the offense;
89	89	(20) Pay all or part of the reasonable and necessary
90	90	costs incurred by the victim for psychological counseling made
91	91	necessary by the offense or for counseling and education relating
92	92	to acquired immune deficiency syndrome or human immunodeficiency
93	93	virus made necessary by the offense;
94	94	(21) Make one payment in an amount not to exceed $50 to
95	95	a crime stoppers organization as defined by Section 414.001,
96	96	Government Code, and as certified by the Texas Crime Stoppers
97	97	[Advisory] Council;
98	98	(22) Submit a DNA sample to the Department of Public
99	99	Safety under Subchapter G, Chapter 411, Government Code, for the
100	100	purpose of creating a DNA record of the defendant;
101	101	(23) In any manner required by the judge, provide
102	102	public notice of the offense for which the defendant was placed on
103	103	community supervision in the county in which the offense was
104	104	committed; and
105	105	(24) Reimburse the county in which the prosecution was
106	106	instituted for compensation paid to any interpreter in the case.
107	107	SECTION 6. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
108	108	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
109	109	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
110	110	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
111	111	Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
112	112	______________________________ ______________________________
113	113	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
114	114	I certify that H.B. No. 590 was passed by the House on April
115	115	15, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 0, 1 present, not
116	116	voting.
117	117	______________________________
118	118	Chief Clerk of the House
119	119	I certify that H.B. No. 590 was passed by the Senate on May
120	120	14, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
121	121	______________________________
122	122	Secretary of the Senate
123	123	APPROVED: _____________________
124	124	Date
125	125	_____________________
126	126	Governor