| 1 | 1 | | 82R3661 MAW-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Smith of Tarrant H.B. No. 934 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to an administrative fee for defendants required by a |
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| 8 | 8 | | court to perform community service in lieu of serving a term of |
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| 9 | 9 | | confinement in county jail. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Article 42.036, Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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| 12 | 12 | | amended by adding Subsection (g) to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (g) A court that requires a defendant to perform community |
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| 14 | 14 | | service under this article may order the defendant to pay to the |
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| 15 | 15 | | court an administrative fee, not to exceed $50, to cover the cost of |
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| 16 | 16 | | administering this article. Section 51.607, Government Code, does |
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| 17 | 17 | | not apply to a fee ordered and collected under this subsection. |
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| 18 | 18 | | SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 103, Government Code, is |
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| 19 | 19 | | amended by adding Section 103.034 to read as follows: |
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| 20 | 20 | | Sec. 103.034. ADDITIONAL FEE IN CERTAIN CRIMINAL CASES. A |
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| 21 | 21 | | defendant shall pay an administrative fee not to exceed $50 under |
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| 22 | 22 | | Article 42.036(g), Code of Criminal Procedure, to perform community |
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| 23 | 23 | | service in lieu of serving a term of confinement in a county jail, |
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| 24 | 24 | | if ordered by the court. |
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| 25 | 25 | | SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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| 26 | 26 | | to a defendant convicted of an offense committed on or after the |
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| 27 | 27 | | effective date of this Act. A defendant convicted of an offense |
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| 28 | 28 | | committed before the effective date of this Act is covered by the |
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| 29 | 29 | | law in effect when the offense was committed, and the former law is |
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| 30 | 30 | | continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of this section, |
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| 31 | 31 | | an offense was committed before the effective date of this Act if |
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| 32 | 32 | | any element of the offense occurred before that date. |
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| 33 | 33 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |
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