H.B. No. 590
AN ACT
relating to the name of the Crime Stoppers Advisory Council.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The heading to Chapter 414, Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
CHAPTER 414. TEXAS CRIME STOPPERS [ADVISORY] COUNCIL
SECTION 2. Section 414.001(1), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(1) "Council" means the Texas Crime Stoppers
[Advisory] Council.
SECTION 3. Section 414.002(a), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) The Texas Crime Stoppers [Advisory] Council is within
the criminal justice division of the governor's office.
SECTION 4. Article 37.073(c), Code of Criminal Procedure,
is amended to read as follows:
(c) In this article, "crime stoppers organization" means a
crime stoppers organization, as defined by Subdivision (2), Section
414.001, Government Code, that is approved by the Texas Crime
Stoppers [Advisory] Council to receive payments of rewards under
this article and Article 42.152 [of this code].
SECTION 5. Section 11(a), Article 42.12, Code of Criminal
Procedure, is amended to read as follows:
(a) The judge of the court having jurisdiction of the case
shall determine the conditions of community supervision and may, at
any time[,] during the period of community supervision, alter or
modify the conditions. The judge may impose any reasonable
condition that is designed to protect or restore the community,
protect or restore the victim, or punish, rehabilitate, or reform
the defendant. Conditions of community supervision may include,
but shall not be limited to, the conditions that the defendant
shall:
(1) Commit no offense against the laws of this State or
of any other State or of the United States;
(2) Avoid injurious or vicious habits;
(3) Avoid persons or places of disreputable or harmful
character;
(4) Report to the supervision officer as directed by
the judge or supervision officer and obey all rules and regulations
of the community supervision and corrections department;
(5) Permit the supervision officer to visit the
defendant at the defendant's home or elsewhere;
(6) Work faithfully at suitable employment as far as
possible;
(7) Remain within a specified place;
(8) Pay the defendant's fine, if one be assessed, and
all court costs whether a fine be assessed or not, in one or several
sums;
(9) Support the defendant's dependents;
(10) Participate, for a time specified by the judge in
any community-based program, including a community-service work
program under Section 16 of this article;
(11) Reimburse the county in which the prosecution was
instituted for compensation paid to appointed counsel for defending
the defendant in the case, if counsel was appointed, or if the
defendant was represented by a county-paid public defender, in an
amount that would have been paid to an appointed attorney had the
county not had a public defender;
(12) Remain under custodial supervision in a community
corrections facility, obey all rules and regulations of such
facility, and pay a percentage of the defendant's income to the
facility for room and board;
(13) Pay a percentage of the defendant's income to the
defendant's dependents for their support while under custodial
supervision in a community corrections facility;
(14) Submit to testing for alcohol or controlled
substances;
(15) Attend counseling sessions for substance abusers
or participate in substance abuse treatment services in a program
or facility approved or licensed by the Texas Commission on Alcohol
and Drug Abuse;
(16) With the consent of the victim of a misdemeanor
offense or of any offense under Title 7, Penal Code, participate in
victim-defendant mediation;
(17) Submit to electronic monitoring;
(18) Reimburse the compensation to victims of crime
fund for any amounts paid from that fund to or on behalf of a victim,
as defined by Article 56.32, of the defendant's offense or if no
reimbursement is required, make one payment to the compensation to
victims of crime fund in an amount not to exceed $50 if the offense
is a misdemeanor or not to exceed $100 if the offense is a felony;
(19) Reimburse a law enforcement agency for the
analysis, storage, or disposal of raw materials, controlled
substances, chemical precursors, drug paraphernalia, or other
materials seized in connection with the offense;
(20) Pay all or part of the reasonable and necessary
costs incurred by the victim for psychological counseling made
necessary by the offense or for counseling and education relating
to acquired immune deficiency syndrome or human immunodeficiency
virus made necessary by the offense;
(21) Make one payment in an amount not to exceed $50 to
a crime stoppers organization as defined by Section 414.001,
Government Code, and as certified by the Texas Crime Stoppers
[Advisory] Council;
(22) Submit a DNA sample to the Department of Public
Safety under Subchapter G, Chapter 411, Government Code, for the
purpose of creating a DNA record of the defendant;
(23) In any manner required by the judge, provide
public notice of the offense for which the defendant was placed on
community supervision in the county in which the offense was
committed; and
(24) Reimburse the county in which the prosecution was
instituted for compensation paid to any interpreter in the case.
SECTION 6. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 590 was passed by the House on April
15, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 0, 1 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 590 was passed by the Senate on May
14, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor