By Maxey H.B. No. 2306
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2306:
By Garcia C.S.H.B. No. 2306
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the punishment for the offense of prostitution and
1-3 requiring treatment of persons convicted of that offense.
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 (g) to read as follows:
1-7 (g) If a court grants community supervision to a defendant
1-8 convicted of an offense under Section 43.02, Penal Code, the court
1-9 may require the defendant to participate in:
1-10 (1) an alcohol or substance abuse program approved by
1-11 the Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse;
1-12 (2) a job training program approved by the Texas
1-13 Workforce Commission;
1-14 (3) a remedial education program approved by the Texas
1-15 Workforce Commission or the Texas Education Agency;
1-16 (4) a mental health service program approved by the
1-17 court; or
1-18 (5) any other program approved by the court that is
1-19 similar to a program described by Subdivisions (1)-(4).
1-20 SECTION 2. Article 103.004(b), Code of Criminal Procedure,
1-21 is amended to read as follows:
1-22 (b) The custodian of the county treasury shall deposit money
1-23 received from fees imposed under Article 102.012 of this code and
1-24 fines collected under Section 43.02, Penal Code, in the special
2-1 fund of the county treasury for the community supervision and
2-2 corrections department serving the county.
2-3 SECTION 3. (a) The change in law made by this Act applies
2-4 only to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this
2-5 Act. For purposes of this section, an offense is committed before
2-6 the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurs
2-7 before the effective date.
2-8 (b) An offense committed before the effective date of this
2-9 Act is covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed,
2-10 and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
2-11 SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
2-12 SECTION 5. The importance of this legislation and the
2-13 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-14 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-15 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-16 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.