By Crabb                                              H.B. No. 1162
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the authority of a judge to require certain public
 1-3     notice as a condition of community supervision.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Section 11(a), Article 42.12, Code of Criminal
 1-6     Procedure, is amended to read as follows:
 1-7           (a)  The judge of the court having jurisdiction of the case
 1-8     shall determine the conditions of community supervision and may, at
 1-9     any time, during the period of community supervision alter or
1-10     modify the conditions.  The judge may impose any reasonable
1-11     condition that is designed to protect or restore the community,
1-12     protect or restore the victim, or punish, rehabilitate, or reform
1-13     the defendant.  Conditions of community supervision may include,
1-14     but shall not be limited to, the conditions that the defendant
1-15     shall:
1-16                 (1)  Commit no offense against the laws of this State
1-17     or of any other State or of the United States;
1-18                 (2)  Avoid injurious or vicious habits;
1-19                 (3)  Avoid persons or places of disreputable or harmful
1-20     character;
1-21                 (4)  Report to the supervision officer as directed by
1-22     the judge or supervision officer and obey all rules and regulations
1-23     of the community supervision and corrections department;
1-24                 (5)  Permit the supervision officer to visit him at his
 2-1     home or elsewhere;
 2-2                 (6)  Work faithfully at suitable employment as far as
 2-3     possible;
 2-4                 (7)  Remain within a specified place;
 2-5                 (8)  Pay his fine, if one be assessed, and all court
 2-6     costs whether a fine be assessed or not, in one or several sums;
 2-7                 (9)  Support his dependents;
 2-8                 (10)  Participate, for a time specified by the judge in
 2-9     any community-based program, including a community-service work
2-10     program under Section 16 of this article;
2-11                 (11)  Reimburse the county in which the prosecution was
2-12     instituted for compensation paid to appointed counsel for defending
2-13     him in the case, if counsel was appointed, or if he was represented
2-14     by a county-paid public defender, in an amount that would have been
2-15     paid to an appointed attorney had the county not had a public
2-16     defender;
2-17                 (12)  Remain under custodial supervision in a community
2-18     corrections facility, obey all rules and regulations of such
2-19     facility, and pay a percentage of his income to the facility for
2-20     room and board;
2-21                 (13)  Pay a percentage of his income to his dependents
2-22     for their support while under custodial supervision in a community
2-23     corrections facility;
2-24                 (14)  Submit to testing for alcohol or controlled
2-25     substances;
2-26                 (15)  Attend counseling sessions for substance abusers
2-27     or participate in substance abuse treatment services in a program
 3-1     or facility approved or licensed by the Texas Commission on Alcohol
 3-2     and Drug Abuse;
 3-3                 (16)  With the consent of the victim of a misdemeanor
 3-4     offense or of any offense under Title 7, Penal Code, participate in
 3-5     victim-defendant mediation;
 3-6                 (17)  Submit to electronic monitoring;
 3-7                 (18)  Reimburse the general revenue fund for any
 3-8     amounts paid from that fund to a victim, as defined by Article
 3-9     56.01 of this code, of the defendant's offense or if no
3-10     reimbursement is required, make one payment to the fund in an
3-11     amount not to exceed $50 if the offense is a misdemeanor or not to
3-12     exceed $100 if the offense is a felony;
3-13                 (19)  Reimburse a law enforcement agency for the
3-14     analysis, storage, or disposal of raw materials, controlled
3-15     substances, chemical precursors, drug paraphernalia, or other
3-16     materials seized in connection with the offense;
3-17                 (20)  Pay all or part of the reasonable and necessary
3-18     costs incurred by the victim for psychological counseling made
3-19     necessary by the offense or for counseling and education relating
3-20     to acquired immune deficiency syndrome or human immunodeficiency
3-21     virus made necessary by the offense;
3-22                 (21)  Make one payment in an amount not to exceed $50
3-23     to a crime stoppers organization as defined by Section 414.001,
3-24     Government Code, and as certified by the Crime Stoppers Advisory
3-25     Council; [and]
3-26                 (22)  Submit a blood sample or other specimen to the
3-27     Department of Public Safety under Subchapter G, Chapter 411,
 4-1     Government Code, for the purpose of creating a DNA record of the
 4-2     defendant; and
 4-3                 (23)  In any manner required by the judge, provide
 4-4     public notice of the offense for which the defendant was placed on
 4-5     community supervision in the county in which the offense was
 4-6     committed.
 4-7           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
 4-8           SECTION 3.  The importance of this legislation and the
 4-9     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
4-10     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
4-11     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
4-12     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.