1-1 By: Campbell (Senate Sponsor - Armbrister) H.B. No. 2535 1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House May 5, 1993; 1-3 May 6, 1993, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal 1-4 Justice; May 25, 1993, reported favorably by the following vote: 1-5 Yeas 4, Nays 0; May 25, 1993, sent to printer.) 1-6 COMMITTEE VOTE 1-7 Yea Nay PNV Absent 1-8 Whitmire x 1-9 Brown x 1-10 Nelson x 1-11 Sibley x 1-12 Sims x 1-13 Turner x 1-14 West x 1-15 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-16 AN ACT 1-17 relating to the authority of a community supervision and 1-18 corrections department, a commissioners court, or the pardons and 1-19 paroles division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to 1-20 enter into contracts for certain supervision or telecommunications 1-21 services. 1-22 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-23 SECTION 1. Article 42.131, Code of Criminal Procedure, is 1-24 amended by adding Section 12 to read as follows: 1-25 Sec. 12. REPORTING AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES. A department 1-26 may enter into a contract with a public or private vendor for the 1-27 provision of telephone reporting, automated caseload management, 1-28 and collection services for fines, fees, restitution, and other 1-29 costs ordered to be paid by a court or fees imposed by a 1-30 department. 1-31 SECTION 2. Article 42.18, Code of Criminal Procedure, is 1-32 amended by adding Section 28 to read as follows: 1-33 Sec. 28. REPORTING AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES. The pardons and 1-34 paroles division, with the approval of the Texas Board of Criminal 1-35 Justice, may enter into a contract with a public or private vendor 1-36 for the provision of telephone reporting, automated caseload 1-37 management, and collection services for fines, fees, restitution, 1-38 and other costs ordered to be paid by a court or fees imposed by 1-39 the division. 1-40 SECTION 3. Chapter 103, Code of Criminal Procedure, is 1-41 amended by adding Article 103.0031 to read as follows: 1-42 Art. 103.0031. COLLECTION CONTRACTS. The commissioners 1-43 court of a county may enter into a contract with a public or 1-44 private vendor for the provision of collection services for fines, 1-45 fees, restitution, and other costs ordered to be paid by a court 1-46 serving the county. 1-47 SECTION 4. Article XIII, Public Utility Regulatory Act 1-48 (Article 1446c, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended by 1-49 adding Section 93C to read as follows: 1-50 Sec. 93C. (a) A telecommunications utility that transports 1-51 or provides a "1-900" service under a contract authorized by 1-52 Article 42.131 or 42.18, Code of Criminal Procedure, and its 1-53 subsequent amendments that is used by a defendant under the 1-54 supervision of a community supervision and corrections department 1-55 or the pardons and paroles division of the Texas Department of 1-56 Criminal Justice to pay a fee or cost or to comply with telephone 1-57 reporting requirements may adjust or authorize the adjustment of an 1-58 end-user's bill for those fees or costs or charges for reporting 1-59 only with the consent of the contracting community supervision and 1-60 corrections department or the contracting pardons and paroles 1-61 division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. 1-62 (b) This section applies only to an intrastate "1-900" 1-63 service. 1-64 SECTION 5. The importance of this legislation and the 1-65 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-66 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-67 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-68 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 2-1 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 2-2 passage, and it is so enacted. 2-3 * * * * * 2-4 Austin, 2-5 Texas 2-6 May 25, 1993 2-7 Hon. Bob Bullock 2-8 President of the Senate 2-9 Sir: 2-10 We, your Committee on Criminal Justice to which was referred H.B. 2-11 No. 2535, have had the same under consideration, and I am 2-12 instructed to report it back to the Senate with the recommendation 2-13 that it do pass and be printed. 2-14 Whitmire, 2-15 Chairman 2-16 * * * * * 2-17 WITNESSES 2-18 FOR AGAINST ON 2-19 ___________________________________________________________________ 2-20 Name: Joanne Bernal x 2-21 Representing: Tx. Attorney Gen. 2-22 City: Austin 2-23 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-24 Name: Robin Sanders x 2-25 Representing: Texas Attorney General 2-26 City: Austin 2-27 -------------------------------------------------------------------