SRC-JJJ C.S.S.B. 461 76(R)BILL ANALYSIS Senate Research CenterC.S.S.B. 461 76R5405 KEL-DBy: Nelson Criminal Justice 2/25/1999 Committee Report (Substituted) DIGEST Currently, Texas law authorizes judges to sentence a defendant convicted of certain offenses involving family violence under Title 5, Penal Code, to community supervision. Family violence shelter centers afford victims a safe place to go and often also provide counseling services. This bill would authorize a judge to require a defendant convicted of certain offenses involving family violence, as a condition of the defendant's community supervision, to make a payment to a family violence shelter center that receives state or federal funds and is located in an area served by the court. PURPOSE As proposed, C.S.S.B. 461 authorizes a judge to require a defendant convicted of certain family violence offenses to make a payment to a family violence shelter center as a condition of community supervision. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY This bill does not grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, institution, or agency. SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS SECTION 1. Amends Section 11, Article 42.12, Code of Criminal Procedure, by adding Subsection (g), to authorize a judge who grants community supervision to a person convicted of an offense under Title 5, Penal Code, that the court determines involves family violence, to require the person to make one payment not to exceed $100 to a family violence shelter that receives state or federal funds and that serves the county in which the court is located. Defines "family violence" and "family violence shelter center." SECTION 2. Makes application of this Act prospective. SECTION 3. Effective date: September 1, 1999. SECTION 4. Emergency clause. SUMMARY OF COMMITTEE CHANGES SECTION 1. Amends Section 11, Article 42.12, by adding Subsection (g), to authorize a judge to require a person to make one payment to the family violence shelter that receives state or federal funds and that serves the county in which the court is located.