88R2320 MCF-F
By: Longoria H.B. No. 541
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to donations to certain local charities ordered to be paid
as a condition of community supervision.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Article 42A.304(f), Code of Criminal Procedure,
is amended to read as follows:
(f) Instead of requiring the defendant to work a specified
number of hours at one or more community service 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;
(2) a charitable organization engaged primarily in
performing charitable functions [for veterans] in the community in
which the defendant resides for defendants under community
supervision or for veterans; or
(3) in a county with a population of less than 50,000,
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 September 1, 2023.