By: Smith, Dalton H.B. No. 309 73R1089 NSC-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the imposition of a curfew as a condition of probation 1-3 for a person convicted of a felony. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Section 11, Article 42.12, Code of Criminal 1-6 Procedure, is amended by adding Subsection (i) to read as follows: 1-7 (i) If a court grants probation to a person convicted for 1-8 the first time of a felony, the court shall require as a condition 1-9 of the probation that the person observe a curfew during which time 1-10 the person must remain at a specified residence of the person daily 1-11 from 10 p.m. until 6 a.m. for at least 120 days, unless the 1-12 person's hours of employment conflict with the curfew hours, in 1-13 which event the court may adjust the curfew to avoid the conflict. 1-14 SECTION 2. (a) The change in law made by this Act applies 1-15 only to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this 1-16 Act. For purposes of this section, an offense is committed before 1-17 the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurs 1-18 before the effective date. 1-19 (b) An offense committed before the effective date of this 1-20 Act is covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed, 1-21 and the former law is continued in effect for this purpose. 1-22 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1993. 1-23 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the 1-24 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-1 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-2 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-3 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.