S.B. No. 391
AN ACT
relating to a defendant's obligation to pay a fine or court cost
after the expiration of a period of community supervision.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 11, Article 42.12, Code of Criminal
Procedure, is amended by adding Subsection (b-1) to read as
follows:
(b-1) A defendant's obligation to pay a fine or court cost
as ordered by a judge exists independently of any requirement to pay
the fine or court cost as a condition of the defendant's community
supervision. A defendant remains obligated to pay any unpaid fine
or court cost after the expiration of the defendant's period of
community supervision.
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. 391 passed the Senate on
March 13, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 391 passed the House on
May 20, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 0, two
present not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor