83R9926 MEW-D
By: Rodriguez of Bexar H.B. No. 2587
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to certain conditions imposed on defendants convicted of
an offense of graffiti or juveniles adjudicated as having engaged
in conduct involving graffiti.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 11(k), Article 42.12, Code of Criminal
Procedure, is amended to read as follows:
(k) A court granting community supervision to a defendant
convicted of an offense under Section 28.08, Penal Code, shall
require as a condition of community supervision that the defendant
perform:
(1) at least 20 [15] hours of community service if the
amount of pecuniary loss resulting from the commission of the
offense is $50 or more but less than $500; or
(2) at least 40 [30] hours of community service if the
amount of pecuniary loss resulting from the commission of the
offense is $500 or more.
SECTION 2. Section 54.046(d), Family Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(d) If a juvenile court places on probation under Section
54.04(d) a child adjudicated as having engaged in conduct in
violation of Section 28.08, Penal Code, in addition to other
conditions of probation, the court shall order the child to
perform:
(1) at least 20 [15] hours of community service if the
amount of pecuniary loss resulting from the conduct is $50 or more
but less than $500; or
(2) at least 40 [30] hours of community service if the
amount of pecuniary loss resulting from the conduct is $500 or more.
SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.
An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is
governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed,
and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For
purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the
effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred
before that date.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.