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| 1 | 1 | By: West S.B. No. 391 | |
| 2 | 2 | (Herrero) | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to a defendant's obligation to pay a fine or court cost | |
| 8 | 8 | after the expiration of a period of community supervision. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 11, Article 42.12, Code of Criminal | |
| 11 | 11 | Procedure, is amended by adding Subsection (b-1) to read as | |
| 12 | 12 | follows: | |
| 13 | 13 | (b-1) A defendant's obligation to pay a fine or court cost | |
| 14 | 14 | as ordered by a judge exists independently of any requirement to pay | |
| 15 | 15 | the fine or court cost as a condition of the defendant's community | |
| 16 | 16 | supervision. A defendant remains obligated to pay any unpaid fine | |
| 17 | 17 | or court cost after the expiration of the defendant's period of | |
| 18 | 18 | community supervision. | |
| 19 | 19 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |