77R8189 GWK-D
By Goodman, Truitt H.B. No. 598
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 598:
By Haggerty C.S.H.B. No. 598
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to fees imposed on defendants placed on community
1-3 supervision.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 19(a), Article 42.12, Code of Criminal
1-6 Procedure, is amended to read as follows:
1-7 (a) Except as otherwise provided by this subsection, a judge
1-8 granting community supervision shall fix a fee of not less than $25
1-9 and not more than $60 [$40] per month to be paid to the court by
1-10 the defendant during the community supervision period. The judge
1-11 may make payment of the fee a condition of granting or continuing
1-12 the community supervision. The judge may waive or reduce the fee
1-13 or suspend a monthly payment of the fee if the judge determines
1-14 that payment of the fee would cause the defendant a significant
1-15 financial hardship.
1-16 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.