Amend HB 31 by striking SECTION 1 of the bill and adding an
appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill to read as follows:
SECTION ___. Section 16(b), Article 42.12, Code of Criminal
Procedure, is amended to read as follows:
(b) The amount of community service work ordered by the
judge:
(1) may not exceed 1,000 hours and may not be less
than 320 hours for an offense classified as a first degree felony;
(2) may not exceed 800 hours and may not be less than
240 hours for an offense classified as a second degree felony;
(3) may not exceed 600 hours and may not be less than
160 hours for an offense classified as a third degree felony;
(4) may not exceed 400 hours and may not be less than
120 hours for an offense classified as a state jail felony;
(5) may not:
(A) exceed 600 hours or be less than 160 hours
for an offense under Section 30.04, Penal Code, classified as a
Class A misdemeanor; or
(B) exceed 200 hours or <and may not> be less
than 80 hours for any other an offense classified as a Class A
misdemeanor or for any other misdemeanor for which the maximum
permissible confinement, if any, exceeds six months the maximum
permissible fine, if any, exceeds $4,000; and
(6) may not exceed 100 hours and may not be less than 24
hours for an offense classified as a Class B misdemeanor or for any
other misdemeanor for which the maximum permissible confinement, if
any, does not exceed six months and the maximum permissible fine,
if any, does not exceed $4,000.