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| 1 | 1 | 89R451 CS-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Miles S.B. No. 1776 | |
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| 7 | 7 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 8 | 8 | AN ACT | |
| 9 | 9 | relating to the payment of certain fines and costs by a defendant. | |
| 10 | 10 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 11 | 11 | SECTION 1. Article 42.15, Code of Criminal Procedure, is | |
| 12 | 12 | amended by adding Subsection (a-3) and amending Subsection (b) to | |
| 13 | 13 | read as follows: | |
| 14 | 14 | (a-3) When imposing fines and costs, a court may not require | |
| 15 | 15 | a defendant to pay more than five percent of the defendant's monthly | |
| 16 | 16 | income to satisfy the fines and costs, without the agreement of the | |
| 17 | 17 | defendant. | |
| 18 | 18 | (b) Subject to Subsections (a-3), (c), and (d) and Article | |
| 19 | 19 | 43.091, when imposing fines [a fine] and costs, a court may direct a | |
| 20 | 20 | defendant: | |
| 21 | 21 | (1) to pay the entire amount of fines [fine] and costs | |
| 22 | 22 | when sentence is pronounced; | |
| 23 | 23 | (2) to pay the entire amount of fines [fine] and costs | |
| 24 | 24 | at some later date; or | |
| 25 | 25 | (3) to pay a specified portion of the fines [fine] and | |
| 26 | 26 | costs at designated intervals. | |
| 27 | 27 | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to a | |
| 28 | 28 | defendant who is sentenced for an offense on or after the effective | |
| 29 | 29 | date of this Act, regardless of whether the offense is committed | |
| 30 | 30 | before, on, or after that date. | |
| 31 | 31 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |