S.B. No. 1096
AN ACT
relating to the monthly fee a defendant must pay during a period of
community supervision.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 19, Article 42.12, Code of Criminal
Procedure, is amended by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as
follows:
(a-1) A judge may not require a defendant to pay the fee
under Subsection (a) for any month after the period of community
supervision has been terminated by the judge under Section 20.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1096 passed the Senate on
April 4, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1096 passed the House on
May 14, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 3, two
present not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor