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House Bill 3633 |
House Author: Herrero et al. |
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Effective: 9-1-15 |
Senate Sponsor: West |
House Bill 3633 amends the Code of Criminal Procedure to prohibit a judge from ordering a defendant determined to have financial resources that offset the costs of legal services provided by appointed counsel to pay an amount that exceeds the actual costs paid by the county for those services or, if the defendant was represented by a public defender's office, the actual amount that would have been paid for those services. The bill makes that prohibition applicable to a judge-ordered general condition of community supervision requiring county reimbursement for legal services and prohibits a judge from imposing a condition of community supervision requiring a defendant to reimburse a county for the costs of legal services if the defendant has already satisfied that payment obligation during the pendency of the charges or as conviction costs.