84R6878 CLG-D
By: Hughes H.B. No. 1685
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the satisfaction of a condition of community
supervision requiring performance of community service.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 16(f), Article 42.12, Code of Criminal
Procedure, is amended to read as follows:
(f) In lieu of requiring a defendant to work a specified
number of hours at a community service project or projects under
Subsection (a), the judge may order a defendant to make a specified
donation to:
(1) a nonprofit food bank or food pantry in the
community in which the defendant resides; or
(2) another nonprofit organization that:
(A) is exempt from taxation under Section 501(a)
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 because it is listed in Section
501(c)(3) of that code; and
(B) provides services or assistance to needy
individuals and families in the community in which the defendant
resides.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2015.