1 | 1 | | By: Ellis, Carona, Whitmire S.B. No. 1118 |
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2 | 2 | | (In the Senate - Filed February 24, 2009; March 13, 2009, |
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3 | 3 | | read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice; |
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4 | 4 | | April 21, 2009, reported adversely, with favorable Committee |
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5 | 5 | | Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 1; April 21, 2009, |
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6 | 6 | | sent to printer.) |
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7 | 7 | | COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1118 By: Whitmire |
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9 | 9 | | |
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10 | 10 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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11 | 11 | | AN ACT |
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12 | 12 | | relating to community supervision for certain drug possession |
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13 | 13 | | offenses and to a person's eligibility for an order of |
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14 | 14 | | nondisclosure following a term of community supervision for any of |
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15 | 15 | | those offenses. |
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16 | 16 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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17 | 17 | | SECTION 1. Subdivisions (1) and (2), Subsection (a), |
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18 | 18 | | Section 15, Article 42.12, Code of Criminal Procedure, are amended |
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19 | 19 | | to read as follows: |
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20 | 20 | | (1) On conviction of a state jail felony under Section |
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21 | 21 | | [481.115(b),] 481.1151(b)(1), 481.116(b), 481.121(b)(3), or |
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22 | 22 | | 481.129(g)(1), Health and Safety Code, that is punished under |
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23 | 23 | | Section 12.35(a), Penal Code, the judge shall suspend the |
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24 | 24 | | imposition of the sentence and place the defendant on community |
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25 | 25 | | supervision, unless the defendant has previously been convicted of |
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26 | 26 | | a felony, other than a felony punished under Section 12.44(a), |
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27 | 27 | | Penal Code, or unless the conviction resulted from an adjudication |
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28 | 28 | | of the guilt of a defendant previously placed on deferred |
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29 | 29 | | adjudication community supervision for the offense, in which event |
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30 | 30 | | the judge may suspend the imposition of the sentence and place the |
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31 | 31 | | defendant on community supervision or may order the sentence to be |
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32 | 32 | | executed. The provisions of this subdivision requiring the judge |
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33 | 33 | | to suspend the imposition of the sentence and place the defendant on |
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34 | 34 | | community supervision do not apply to a defendant who under Section |
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35 | 35 | | 481.1151(b)(1), Health and Safety Code, possessed more than five |
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36 | 36 | | abuse units of the controlled substance or under Section |
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37 | 37 | | 481.121(b)(3), Health and Safety Code, possessed more than one |
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38 | 38 | | pound of marihuana. |
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39 | 39 | | (2) On conviction of a state jail felony punished |
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40 | 40 | | under Section 12.35(a), Penal Code, other than a state jail felony |
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41 | 41 | | listed in Subdivision (1) or a state jail felony under Section |
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42 | 42 | | 481.115(b), Health and Safety Code, the judge may suspend the |
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43 | 43 | | imposition of the sentence and place the defendant on community |
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44 | 44 | | supervision or may order the sentence to be executed. |
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45 | 45 | | SECTION 2. Article 42.12, Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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46 | 46 | | amended by adding Section 15B to read as follows: |
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47 | 47 | | Sec. 15B. COMMUNITY SUPERVISION FOR POSSESSION OF |
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48 | 48 | | CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE. (a) In this section, "drug possession |
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49 | 49 | | offense" means an offense under: |
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50 | 50 | | (1) Section 481.115, Health and Safety Code, that is |
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51 | 51 | | punishable as: |
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52 | 52 | | (A) a state jail felony; or |
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53 | 53 | | (B) a felony of the third degree, if the offense |
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54 | 54 | | involves the possession of two grams or less of the controlled |
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55 | 55 | | substance; or |
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56 | 56 | | (2) Section 481.121, Health and Safety Code, that is |
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57 | 57 | | punishable as a Class A or B misdemeanor. |
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58 | 58 | | (b) On conviction of a drug possession offense, the judge |
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59 | 59 | | shall suspend the imposition of the sentence and place the |
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60 | 60 | | defendant on community supervision, except that the judge may order |
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61 | 61 | | the sentence to be executed if: |
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62 | 62 | | (1) the judge determines by a preponderance of the |
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63 | 63 | | evidence that the defendant: |
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64 | 64 | | (A) is a danger to the safety of others; or |
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65 | 65 | | (B) possessed the controlled substance with the |
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66 | 66 | | intent to deliver the substance in violation of Section 481.112 or |
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67 | 67 | | 481.120, Health and Safety Code, as applicable; |
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68 | 68 | | (2) the defendant has been previously convicted of an |
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69 | 69 | | offense other than: |
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70 | 70 | | (A) a drug possession offense or a state jail |
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71 | 71 | | felony listed in Section 15(a); or |
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72 | 72 | | (B) an offense under the Transportation Code |
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73 | 73 | | punishable by fine only or an offense related to a pedestrian or the |
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74 | 74 | | parking of a motor vehicle punishable by fine only; |
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75 | 75 | | (3) the defendant is convicted in the same proceeding |
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76 | 76 | | of an additional offense, other than: |
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77 | 77 | | (A) a drug possession offense or a state jail |
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78 | 78 | | felony listed in Section 15(a); or |
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79 | 79 | | (B) an offense under the Transportation Code |
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80 | 80 | | punishable by fine only or an offense related to a pedestrian or the |
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81 | 81 | | parking of a motor vehicle punishable by fine only; |
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82 | 82 | | (4) the judge determines that a drug treatment program |
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83 | 83 | | or other treatment services that are appropriate for the defendant |
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84 | 84 | | are not available in the area in which the defendant resides; or |
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85 | 85 | | (5) the judge determines by clear and convincing |
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86 | 86 | | evidence, based on an evidence-based drug and alcohol assessment, |
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87 | 87 | | that the defendant is unlikely to benefit from participation in a |
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88 | 88 | | course of treatment in a drug treatment program or facility, and the |
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89 | 89 | | defendant has been previously: |
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90 | 90 | | (A) convicted on two or more occasions of a drug |
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91 | 91 | | possession offense or state jail felony listed in Section 15(a); or |
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92 | 92 | | (B) discharged from a drug court program |
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93 | 93 | | established under Chapter 469, Health and Safety Code, after |
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94 | 94 | | failing to successfully complete the program. |
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95 | 95 | | (c) A judge who makes a determination described by |
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96 | 96 | | Subsection (b)(1), (4), or (5) to execute the defendant's sentence |
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97 | 97 | | shall enter the reasons for making that determination in the record |
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98 | 98 | | of the proceeding. |
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99 | 99 | | (d) The judge may suspend wholly or partly the imposition of |
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100 | 100 | | any fine imposed on a conviction if a defendant is placed on |
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101 | 101 | | community supervision under this section. |
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102 | 102 | | (e) A court granting community supervision under this |
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103 | 103 | | section shall require as a condition of community supervision that |
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104 | 104 | | the defendant: |
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105 | 105 | | (1) submit to an evidence-based risks and needs |
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106 | 106 | | screening and evaluation procedure approved by the community |
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107 | 107 | | justice assistance division of the Texas Department of Criminal |
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108 | 108 | | Justice, including a procedure developed under Section 509.003(d), |
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109 | 109 | | Government Code; |
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110 | 110 | | (2) if the evaluation indicates a need for treatment, |
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111 | 111 | | participate in a prescribed course of treatment in a drug treatment |
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112 | 112 | | program or facility: |
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113 | 113 | | (A) licensed or approved by the Department of |
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114 | 114 | | State Health Services; or |
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115 | 115 | | (B) that complies with standards established by |
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116 | 116 | | the community justice assistance division of the Texas Department |
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117 | 117 | | of Criminal Justice; and |
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118 | 118 | | (3) pay a fee to cover all or part of the cost of the |
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119 | 119 | | course of treatment based on the defendant's ability to pay. |
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120 | 120 | | (f) A course of treatment under Subsection (e)(2) may |
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121 | 121 | | include: |
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122 | 122 | | (1) treatment in a faith-based program; |
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123 | 123 | | (2) outpatient treatment; |
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124 | 124 | | (3) halfway house treatment; |
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125 | 125 | | (4) narcotic replacement therapy prescribed by a |
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126 | 126 | | physician; |
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127 | 127 | | (5) drug education or prevention courses; and |
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128 | 128 | | (6) inpatient or residential drug treatment to address |
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129 | 129 | | special detoxification, relapse, or severe dependence issues. |
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130 | 130 | | (g) In referring a defendant to a course of treatment under |
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131 | 131 | | Subsection (e)(2) and imposing conditions for participation in the |
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132 | 132 | | course of treatment, the judge shall order the defendant to |
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133 | 133 | | participate in the level of treatment that the evaluation indicates |
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134 | 134 | | is appropriate for the defendant to achieve: |
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135 | 135 | | (1) the outcome objectives prescribed by the drug |
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136 | 136 | | treatment program or facility; and |
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137 | 137 | | (2) the recommendations of a drug treatment |
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138 | 138 | | professional. |
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139 | 139 | | (h) A court granting community supervision under this |
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140 | 140 | | section may require as a condition of community supervision, in |
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141 | 141 | | addition to any required participation in a course of treatment |
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142 | 142 | | under Subsection (e)(2) and other appropriate conditions, that the |
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143 | 143 | | defendant participate in: |
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144 | 144 | | (1) vocational training; |
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145 | 145 | | (2) family counseling; |
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146 | 146 | | (3) literacy training; or |
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147 | 147 | | (4) community service. |
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148 | 148 | | (i) Notwithstanding Section 21(b), if a defendant placed on |
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149 | 149 | | community supervision under this section violates the terms of that |
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150 | 150 | | supervision by committing another drug possession offense or state |
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151 | 151 | | jail felony listed in Section 15(a) or by violating any |
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152 | 152 | | treatment-related condition of supervision, the judge may: |
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153 | 153 | | (1) use graduated sanctions and incentives offered to |
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154 | 154 | | a defendant by the community supervision and corrections department |
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155 | 155 | | supervising the defendant or the courts served by that department, |
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156 | 156 | | including: |
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157 | 157 | | (A) global positioning or another form of |
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158 | 158 | | electronic monitoring; |
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159 | 159 | | (B) mental health treatment or cognitive and |
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160 | 160 | | behavioral programs; |
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161 | 161 | | (C) alcohol or substance abuse monitoring and |
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162 | 162 | | testing; |
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163 | 163 | | (D) faith-based community programs and |
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164 | 164 | | resources, including mentoring programs; |
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165 | 165 | | (E) placing the defendant under the supervision |
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166 | 166 | | of a supervision officer with a reduced or specialized caseload and |
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167 | 167 | | subjecting the defendant to increased home visits and field |
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168 | 168 | | contacts, if sufficient resources are available; |
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169 | 169 | | (F) strategies to reduce the number of technical |
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170 | 170 | | violations committed by the defendant; and |
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171 | 171 | | (G) increased coordination between the court and |
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172 | 172 | | the community supervision and corrections department supervising |
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173 | 173 | | the defendant; and |
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174 | 174 | | (2) revoke the community supervision of the defendant |
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175 | 175 | | if the judge determines by a preponderance of the evidence that the |
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176 | 176 | | defendant: |
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177 | 177 | | (A) poses a danger to the safety of others; or |
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178 | 178 | | (B) is unlikely to benefit from a course of |
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179 | 179 | | treatment in a drug treatment program or facility. |
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180 | 180 | | (j) A judge who modifies a defendant's conditions of |
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181 | 181 | | supervision in response to the defendant's commission of another |
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182 | 182 | | drug possession offense or state jail felony listed in Section |
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183 | 183 | | 15(a) or violation of a treatment-related condition of supervision |
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184 | 184 | | shall consider imposing one or more of the following additional |
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185 | 185 | | conditions of supervision: |
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186 | 186 | | (1) intensified drug treatment; |
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187 | 187 | | (2) vocational training; |
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188 | 188 | | (3) family counseling; |
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189 | 189 | | (4) literacy education; |
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190 | 190 | | (5) community service; |
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191 | 191 | | (6) intensive supervision; and |
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192 | 192 | | (7) confinement under Section 18 in an intermediate |
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193 | 193 | | sanction facility operated by or under contract with the Texas |
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194 | 194 | | Department of Criminal Justice for a period not to exceed 120 days. |
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195 | 195 | | (k) In making a determination under this section as to |
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196 | 196 | | whether a defendant is unlikely to benefit from participation in a |
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197 | 197 | | course of treatment in a drug treatment program or facility, the |
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198 | 198 | | judge shall consider whether the defendant has previously: |
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199 | 199 | | (1) committed a serious violation of the rules of a |
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200 | 200 | | drug treatment program or facility; or |
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201 | 201 | | (2) repeatedly committed violations of the rules of a |
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202 | 202 | | drug treatment program or facility to an extent that inhibited the |
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203 | 203 | | defendant's ability to function in the program or facility. |
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204 | 204 | | (l) After successful completion of a term of community |
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205 | 205 | | supervision imposed under this section, including completion of any |
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206 | 206 | | required course of treatment in a drug treatment program or |
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207 | 207 | | facility, a defendant may petition the court for dismissal of the |
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208 | 208 | | charges. If the judge, after providing notice and giving attorneys |
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209 | 209 | | for the defendant and the state an opportunity to be heard, |
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210 | 210 | | determines that the defendant substantially complied with the |
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211 | 211 | | conditions of supervision and successfully completed any required |
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212 | 212 | | course of treatment, the judge shall discharge the defendant, set |
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213 | 213 | | aside the verdict or permit the defendant to withdraw the plea, and |
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214 | 214 | | dismiss the accusation, complaint, information, or indictment in |
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215 | 215 | | the manner provided by Section 20(a). |
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216 | 216 | | (m) The drug treatment program account is created as a |
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217 | 217 | | dedicated account in the general revenue fund of the state |
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218 | 218 | | treasury. Money in the account may be appropriated only to the |
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219 | 219 | | Texas Department of Criminal Justice for distribution to drug |
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220 | 220 | | treatment programs or facilities that provide a course of treatment |
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221 | 221 | | to defendants under this section and that apply for the money. |
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222 | 222 | | Funds collected and distributed under this subsection are subject |
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223 | 223 | | to audit by the comptroller. |
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224 | 224 | | SECTION 3. Subchapter A, Chapter 102, Code of Criminal |
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225 | 225 | | Procedure, is amended by adding Article 102.0179 to read as |
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226 | 226 | | follows: |
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227 | 227 | | Art. 102.0179. ADDITIONAL COSTS ATTENDANT TO CERTAIN |
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228 | 228 | | INTOXICATION AND DRUG CONVICTIONS. (a) In addition to other costs |
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229 | 229 | | on conviction imposed by this chapter, including costs described by |
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230 | 230 | | Article 102.0178, a person shall pay $50 as a court cost on |
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231 | 231 | | conviction of any offense under Chapter 49, Penal Code, or Chapter |
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232 | 232 | | 481, Health and Safety Code. |
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233 | 233 | | (b) In this article, a person is considered to have been |
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234 | 234 | | convicted if: |
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235 | 235 | | (1) a sentence is imposed; |
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236 | 236 | | (2) the person is placed on community supervision, |
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237 | 237 | | including deferred adjudication community supervision; or |
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238 | 238 | | (3) the court defers final disposition of the person's |
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239 | 239 | | case. |
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240 | 240 | | (c) Court costs under this article are collected in the same |
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241 | 241 | | manner as other fines or costs. An officer collecting the costs |
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242 | 242 | | shall send to the comptroller costs collected under this article |
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243 | 243 | | for deposit to the credit of the drug treatment program account |
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244 | 244 | | established under Section 15B, Article 42.12. |
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245 | 245 | | SECTION 4. (a) Section 102.021, Government Code, is |
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246 | 246 | | amended to conform to Chapter 1263 (H.B. 3060), Acts of the 80th |
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247 | 247 | | Legislature, Regular Session, 2007, and is further amended to read |
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248 | 248 | | as follows: |
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249 | 249 | | Sec. 102.021. COURT COSTS ON CONVICTION: CODE OF CRIMINAL |
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250 | 250 | | PROCEDURE. A person convicted of an offense shall pay the following |
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251 | 251 | | under the Code of Criminal Procedure, in addition to all other |
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252 | 252 | | costs: |
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253 | 253 | | (1) court cost on conviction of any offense, other |
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254 | 254 | | than a conviction of an offense relating to a pedestrian or the |
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255 | 255 | | parking of a motor vehicle (Art. 102.0045, Code of Criminal |
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256 | 256 | | Procedure) . . . $4; |
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257 | 257 | | (2) a fee for services of prosecutor (Art. 102.008, |
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258 | 258 | | Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $25; |
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259 | 259 | | (3) fees for services of peace officer: |
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260 | 260 | | (A) issuing a written notice to appear in court |
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261 | 261 | | for certain violations (Art. 102.011, Code of Criminal Procedure) |
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262 | 262 | | . . . $5; |
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263 | 263 | | (B) executing or processing an issued arrest |
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264 | 264 | | warrant, [or] capias, or capias pro fine (Art. 102.011, Code of |
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265 | 265 | | Criminal Procedure) . . . $50; |
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266 | 266 | | (C) summoning a witness (Art. 102.011, Code of |
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267 | 267 | | Criminal Procedure) . . . $5; |
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268 | 268 | | (D) serving a writ not otherwise listed (Art. |
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269 | 269 | | 102.011, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $35; |
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270 | 270 | | (E) taking and approving a bond and, if |
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271 | 271 | | necessary, returning the bond to courthouse (Art. 102.011, Code of |
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272 | 272 | | Criminal Procedure) . . . $10; |
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273 | 273 | | (F) commitment or release (Art. 102.011, Code of |
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274 | 274 | | Criminal Procedure) . . . $5; |
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275 | 275 | | (G) summoning a jury (Art. 102.011, Code of |
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276 | 276 | | Criminal Procedure) . . . $5; |
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277 | 277 | | (H) attendance of a prisoner in habeas corpus |
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278 | 278 | | case if prisoner has been remanded to custody or held to bail (Art. |
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279 | 279 | | 102.011, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $8 each day; |
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280 | 280 | | (I) mileage for certain services performed (Art. |
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281 | 281 | | 102.011, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $0.29 per mile; and |
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282 | 282 | | (J) services of a sheriff or constable who serves |
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283 | 283 | | process and attends examining trial in certain cases (Art. 102.011, |
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284 | 284 | | Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . not to exceed $5; |
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285 | 285 | | (4) services of a peace officer in conveying a witness |
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286 | 286 | | outside the county (Art. 102.011, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . |
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287 | 287 | | $10 per day or part of a day, plus actual necessary travel expenses; |
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288 | 288 | | (5) overtime of peace officer for time spent |
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289 | 289 | | testifying in the trial or traveling to or from testifying in the |
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290 | 290 | | trial (Art. 102.011, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . actual cost; |
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291 | 291 | | (6) court costs on an offense relating to rules of the |
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292 | 292 | | road, when offense occurs within a school crossing zone (Art. |
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293 | 293 | | 102.014, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $25; |
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294 | 294 | | (7) court costs on an offense of passing a school bus |
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295 | 295 | | (Art. 102.014, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $25; |
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296 | 296 | | (8) court costs on an offense of truancy or |
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297 | 297 | | contributing to truancy (Art. 102.014, Code of Criminal Procedure) |
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298 | 298 | | . . . $20; |
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299 | 299 | | (9) cost for visual recording of intoxication arrest |
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300 | 300 | | before conviction (Art. 102.018, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . |
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301 | 301 | | $15; |
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302 | 302 | | (10) cost of certain evaluations (Art. 102.018, Code |
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303 | 303 | | of Criminal Procedure) . . . actual cost; |
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304 | 304 | | (11) additional costs attendant to certain |
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305 | 305 | | intoxication convictions under Chapter 49, Penal Code, for |
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306 | 306 | | emergency medical services, trauma facilities, and trauma care |
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307 | 307 | | systems (Art. 102.0185, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $100; |
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308 | 308 | | (12) additional costs attendant to certain child |
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309 | 309 | | sexual assault and related convictions, for child abuse prevention |
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310 | 310 | | programs (Art. 102.0186, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $100; |
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311 | 311 | | (13) cost for DNA testing for certain felonies (Art. |
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312 | 312 | | 102.020, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $250; |
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313 | 313 | | (14) court cost on an offense of public lewdness or |
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314 | 314 | | indecent exposure (Art. 102.020, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . |
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315 | 315 | | $50; |
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316 | 316 | | (15) if required by the court, a restitution fee for |
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317 | 317 | | costs incurred in collecting restitution installments and for the |
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318 | 318 | | compensation to victims of crime fund (Art. 42.037, Code of |
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319 | 319 | | Criminal Procedure) . . . $12; [and] |
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320 | 320 | | (16) if directed by the justice of the peace or |
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321 | 321 | | municipal court judge hearing the case, court costs on conviction |
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322 | 322 | | in a criminal action (Art. 45.041, Code of Criminal Procedure) |
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323 | 323 | | . . . part or all of the costs as directed by the judge; |
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324 | 324 | | (17) costs attendant to convictions under Chapter 49, |
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325 | 325 | | Penal Code, and under Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code, to help |
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326 | 326 | | fund drug court programs established under Chapter 469, Health and |
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327 | 327 | | Safety Code (Art. 102.0178, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $50; |
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328 | 328 | | and |
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329 | 329 | | (18) costs attendant to convictions under Chapter 49, |
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330 | 330 | | Penal Code, and under Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code, for |
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331 | 331 | | certain drug treatment programs and facilities (Art. 102.0179, Code |
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332 | 332 | | of Criminal Procedure) . . . $50. |
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333 | 333 | | (b) Section 102.0215, Government Code, is repealed. |
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334 | 334 | | SECTION 5. Section 411.081, Government Code, is amended by |
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335 | 335 | | adding Subsection (d-1) and amending Subsection (e) to read as |
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336 | 336 | | follows: |
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337 | 337 | | (d-1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this |
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338 | 338 | | subchapter, if a person is placed on community supervision under |
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339 | 339 | | Section 15B, Article 42.12, Code of Criminal Procedure, and |
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340 | 340 | | subsequently receives a discharge and dismissal under Section |
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341 | 341 | | 15B(l), Article 42.12, Code of Criminal Procedure, and satisfies |
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342 | 342 | | the requirements of Subsection (e), the person may petition the |
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343 | 343 | | court that placed the defendant on community supervision for an |
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344 | 344 | | order of nondisclosure under this subsection. After notice to the |
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345 | 345 | | state and a hearing on whether the person is entitled to file the |
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346 | 346 | | petition and issuance of the order is in the best interest of |
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347 | 347 | | justice, the court shall issue an order prohibiting criminal |
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348 | 348 | | justice agencies from disclosing to the public criminal history |
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349 | 349 | | record information related to the offense giving rise to the |
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350 | 350 | | community supervision. A criminal justice agency may disclose |
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351 | 351 | | criminal history record information that is the subject of the |
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352 | 352 | | order only to other criminal justice agencies, for criminal justice |
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353 | 353 | | purposes, an agency or entity listed in Subsection (i), or the |
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354 | 354 | | person who is the subject of the order. A person may petition the |
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355 | 355 | | court that placed the person on community supervision for an order |
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356 | 356 | | of nondisclosure on payment of a $28 fee to the clerk of the court in |
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357 | 357 | | addition to any other fee that generally applies to the filing of a |
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358 | 358 | | civil petition. The payment may be made only after: |
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359 | 359 | | (1) the discharge and dismissal, if the offense for |
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360 | 360 | | which the person was placed on community supervision was a |
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361 | 361 | | misdemeanor; or |
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362 | 362 | | (2) the fifth anniversary of the discharge and |
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363 | 363 | | dismissal, if the offense for which the person was placed on |
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364 | 364 | | community supervision was a felony. |
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365 | 365 | | (e) A person is entitled to petition the court under |
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366 | 366 | | Subsection (d) or (d-1) only if during the period of the community |
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367 | 367 | | supervision, including deferred adjudication community |
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368 | 368 | | supervision, for which the order of nondisclosure is requested and |
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369 | 369 | | during the applicable period described by Subsection (d)(1), (2), |
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370 | 370 | | or (3) or by Subsection (d-1)(1) or (2), as appropriate, the person |
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371 | 371 | | is not convicted of or placed on deferred adjudication community |
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372 | 372 | | supervision under Section 5, Article 42.12, Code of Criminal |
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373 | 373 | | Procedure, for any offense other than an offense under the |
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374 | 374 | | Transportation Code punishable by fine only or, for purposes of |
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375 | 375 | | Subsection (d-1), the person is not convicted of or placed on |
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376 | 376 | | community supervision, including deferred adjudication community |
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377 | 377 | | supervision, for another drug possession offense described by |
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378 | 378 | | Section 15B, Article 42.12, Code of Criminal Procedure. A person is |
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379 | 379 | | not entitled to petition the court under Subsection (d) or (d-1) if |
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380 | 380 | | the person was placed on community supervision, including [the] |
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381 | 381 | | deferred adjudication community supervision, for, or has been |
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382 | 382 | | previously convicted of or placed on any other deferred |
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383 | 383 | | adjudication for: |
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384 | 384 | | (1) an offense requiring registration as a sex |
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385 | 385 | | offender under Chapter 62, Code of Criminal Procedure; |
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386 | 386 | | (2) an offense under Section 20.04, Penal Code, |
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387 | 387 | | regardless of whether the offense is a reportable conviction or |
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388 | 388 | | adjudication for purposes of Chapter 62, Code of Criminal |
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389 | 389 | | Procedure; |
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390 | 390 | | (3) an offense under Section 19.02, 19.03, 22.04, |
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391 | 391 | | 22.041, 25.07, or 42.072, Penal Code; or |
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392 | 392 | | (4) any other offense involving family violence, as |
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393 | 393 | | defined by Section 71.004, Family Code. |
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394 | 394 | | SECTION 6. Chapter 509, Government Code, is amended by |
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395 | 395 | | adding Section 509.013 to read as follows: |
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396 | 396 | | Sec. 509.013. ANNUAL REPORT ON COMMUNITY SUPERVISION WITH |
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397 | 397 | | DRUG TREATMENT. (a) Not later than December 1 of each year, the |
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398 | 398 | | Texas Department of Criminal Justice shall study and report to the |
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399 | 399 | | legislature on the effectiveness and financial impact to the state |
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400 | 400 | | during the preceding state fiscal year of placing defendants on |
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401 | 401 | | community supervision with drug treatment for a drug possession |
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402 | 402 | | offense under Section 15B, Article 42.12, Code of Criminal |
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403 | 403 | | Procedure. |
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404 | 404 | | (b) The study and report must include an analysis of: |
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405 | 405 | | (1) the implementation of Section 15B, Article 42.12, |
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406 | 406 | | Code of Criminal Procedure, including the amount of cost savings |
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407 | 407 | | the state realizes through that implementation; |
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408 | 408 | | (2) the adequacy of funding available for operation of |
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409 | 409 | | the programs described by Section 15B, Article 42.12, Code of |
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410 | 410 | | Criminal Procedure; |
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411 | 411 | | (3) the effect of implementing Section 15B, Article |
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412 | 412 | | 42.12, Code of Criminal Procedure, with respect to: |
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413 | 413 | | (A) incarceration costs incurred by the state and |
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414 | 414 | | local governments, including the cost of constructing prisons and |
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415 | 415 | | jails; |
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416 | 416 | | (B) the recidivism rate among defendants placed |
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417 | 417 | | on community supervision under Section 15B, Article 42.12, Code of |
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418 | 418 | | Criminal Procedure, compared with other defendants; and |
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419 | 419 | | (C) the number of defendants placed on community |
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420 | 420 | | supervision under Section 15B, Article 42.12, Code of Criminal |
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421 | 421 | | Procedure, who utilize state welfare benefits, compared with other |
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422 | 422 | | defendants; and |
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423 | 423 | | (4) other effects of or issues with implementing |
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424 | 424 | | Section 15B, Article 42.12, Code of Criminal Procedure, that are |
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425 | 425 | | identified by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. |
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426 | 426 | | (c) The comptroller shall verify the findings of the |
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427 | 427 | | department in analyzing the cost savings realized by the state |
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428 | 428 | | through the implementation of Section 15B, Article 42.12, Code of |
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429 | 429 | | Criminal Procedure. The department may retain an amount not to |
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430 | 430 | | exceed 20 percent of the amount of the actual savings attributable |
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431 | 431 | | to implementation of that section, to the extent that the savings |
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432 | 432 | | come from funds appropriated to the department and to the extent the |
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433 | 433 | | department distributed that amount to drug treatment programs or |
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434 | 434 | | facilities that provide a course of treatment to defendants under |
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435 | 435 | | that section. The department may transfer savings attributable to |
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436 | 436 | | implementation of that section from the first year of the fiscal |
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437 | 437 | | biennium to the second year of the fiscal biennium, provided that |
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438 | 438 | | the department uses the full amount transferred for distribution to |
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439 | 439 | | drug treatment programs or facilities as described by this |
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440 | 440 | | subsection. |
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441 | 441 | | SECTION 7. (a) In a criminal action under Section 481.115 |
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442 | 442 | | or 481.121, Health and Safety Code, pending on or commenced on or |
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443 | 443 | | after the effective date of this Act, for an offense committed |
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444 | 444 | | before the effective date, the defendant, if adjudged guilty, shall |
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445 | 445 | | be assessed the punishment under Section 15B, Article 42.12, Code |
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446 | 446 | | of Criminal Procedure, as added by this Act, if the defendant meets |
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447 | 447 | | the eligibility requirements under that section and other law and |
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448 | 448 | | so elects by written motion filed with the trial court before the |
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449 | 449 | | sentencing hearing begins. |
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450 | 450 | | (b) If the defendant does not make the election under |
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451 | 451 | | Subsection (a) of this section, punishment is covered by the law in |
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452 | 452 | | effect when the offense was committed, and the former law is |
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453 | 453 | | continued in effect for that purpose. |
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454 | 454 | | SECTION 8. Article 102.0179, Code of Criminal Procedure, as |
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455 | 455 | | added by this Act, applies only to a cost on conviction for an |
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456 | 456 | | offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. An |
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457 | 457 | | offense committed before the effective date of this Act is covered |
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458 | 458 | | by the law in effect when the offense was committed, and the former |
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459 | 459 | | law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of this |
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460 | 460 | | section, an offense was committed before the effective date of this |
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461 | 461 | | Act if any element of the offense was committed before that date. |
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462 | 462 | | SECTION 9. The change in law made by Subsection (d-1), |
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463 | 463 | | Section 411.081, Government Code, as added by this Act, applies to a |
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464 | 464 | | person placed on community supervision under Section 15B, Article |
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465 | 465 | | 42.12, Code of Criminal Procedure, as added by this Act, on or after |
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466 | 466 | | the effective date of this Act regardless of when the person |
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467 | 467 | | committed the offense for which the person is placed on community |
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468 | 468 | | supervision. |
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469 | 469 | | SECTION 10. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice shall |
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470 | 470 | | submit to the legislature the first report required by Section |
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471 | 471 | | 509.013, Government Code, as added by this Act, not later than |
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472 | 472 | | December 1, 2010. |
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473 | 473 | | SECTION 11. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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