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Texas House Bill HB2012

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21 By: Lucio III H.B. No. 2012
3- Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2012:
4- By: White C.S.H.B. No. 2012
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74 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
85 AN ACT
96 relating to conditions of community supervision for defendants
107 convicted of certain criminal offenses involving animals.
118 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12- SECTION 1. Article 42A.511(b), Code of Criminal Procedure,
13- as added by Chapter 739 (S.B. 1232), Acts of the 85th Legislature,
14- Regular Session, 2017, is amended to read as follows:
15- (b) If a judge grants community supervision to a defendant
16- convicted of an offense under Section 21.09, 42.09, 42.091, 42.092,
17- 42.10, or 42.105, Penal Code, the judge may:
9+ SECTION 1. Article 42A.511, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
10+ amended to read as follows:
11+ Art. 42A.511. COMMUNITY SUPERVISION FOR CERTAIN OFFENSES
12+ INVOLVING ANIMALS. If a judge grants community supervision to a
13+ defendant convicted of an offense under Section 21.09, 42.09,
14+ 42.091, 42.092, 42.10, or 42.105, Penal Code, the judge may:
1815 (1) require the defendant to relinquish custody of any
1916 animals in the defendant's possession;
2017 (2) prohibit the defendant from possessing or
2118 exercising control over any animals or residing in a household
2219 where animals are present; or
2320 (3) require the defendant to participate in a
2421 psychological counseling or other appropriate treatment program
2522 for a period to be determined by the court.
26- SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to a
27- defendant placed on community supervision on or after the effective
28- date of this Act, regardless of whether the offense for which the
29- defendant was placed on community supervision was committed before,
30- on, or after the effective date of this Act.
31- SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
23+ SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019