By Ellis S.B. No. 320 76R660 GWK-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the collection of fines and court costs from persons 1-3 released from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice on parole or 1-4 mandatory supervision. 1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-6 SECTION 1. Article 103.003, Code of Criminal Procedure, is 1-7 amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: 1-8 (c) An employee of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice 1-9 may collect money payable in satisfaction of a condition of release 1-10 on parole or mandatory supervision that requires the payment of a 1-11 fine or court cost. 1-12 SECTION 2. Section 508.182(c), Government Code, is amended 1-13 to read as follows: 1-14 (c) On the request of the releasee, a parole panel may allow 1-15 the releasee to defer one or more payments under this section. The 1-16 releasee remains responsible for payment of the fee and, except as 1-17 otherwise provided by this subsection, shall pay the amount of the 1-18 deferred payment not later than the second anniversary of the date 1-19 the payment becomes due. A releasee who is required as a condition 1-20 of parole or mandatory supervision to pay a fine or court costs 1-21 shall pay the amount of the deferred payment of parole supervision 1-22 fees and administrative fees not later than the second anniversary 1-23 of the date of paying in full the required fine and court costs. 1-24 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 2-1 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-2 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-3 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-4 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 2-5 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 2-6 passage, and it is so enacted.