| 1 | 1 | | 88R11560 EAS-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Miles S.B. No. 1921 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the payment of certain fines and costs by a defendant. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Article 42.15, Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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| 10 | 10 | | amended by adding Subsection (a-2) and amending Subsection (b) to |
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| 11 | 11 | | read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (a-2) When imposing fines and costs, a court may not require |
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| 13 | 13 | | a defendant to pay more than five percent of the defendant's monthly |
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| 14 | 14 | | income to satisfy the fines and costs, without the agreement of the |
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| 15 | 15 | | defendant. |
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| 16 | 16 | | (b) Subject to Subsections (a-2), (c), and (d) and Article |
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| 17 | 17 | | 43.091, when imposing fines [a fine] and costs, a court may direct a |
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| 18 | 18 | | defendant: |
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| 19 | 19 | | (1) to pay the entire amount of fines [fine] and costs |
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| 20 | 20 | | when sentence is pronounced; |
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| 21 | 21 | | (2) to pay the entire amount of fines [fine] and costs |
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| 22 | 22 | | at some later date; or |
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| 23 | 23 | | (3) to pay a specified portion of the fines [fine] and |
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| 24 | 24 | | costs at designated intervals. |
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| 25 | 25 | | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to a |
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| 26 | 26 | | defendant who is sentenced for an offense on or after the effective |
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| 27 | 27 | | date of this Act, regardless of whether the offense is committed |
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| 28 | 28 | | before, on, or after that date. |
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| 29 | 29 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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