86R23746 AJZ-F
By: Lucio III H.B. No. 2012
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2012:
By: White C.S.H.B. No. 2012
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to conditions of community supervision for defendants
convicted of certain criminal offenses involving animals.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Article 42A.511(b), Code of Criminal Procedure,
as added by Chapter 739 (S.B. 1232), Acts of the 85th Legislature,
Regular Session, 2017, is amended to read as follows:
(b) If a judge grants community supervision to a defendant
convicted of an offense under Section 21.09, 42.09, 42.091, 42.092,
42.10, or 42.105, Penal Code, the judge may:
(1) require the defendant to relinquish custody of any
animals in the defendant's possession;
(2) prohibit the defendant from possessing or
exercising control over any animals or residing in a household
where animals are present; or
(3) require the defendant to participate in a
psychological counseling or other appropriate treatment program
for a period to be determined by the court.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to a
defendant placed on community supervision on or after the effective
date of this Act, regardless of whether the offense for which the
defendant was placed on community supervision was committed before,
on, or after the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.