By Luna                                               H.B. No. 1541
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the satisfaction of a condition of community
 1-3     supervision requiring performance of community service.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Section 16, Article 42.12, Code of Criminal
 1-6     Procedure, is amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
 1-7           (e)  A judge may permit a defendant to substitute for
 1-8     community service otherwise required by this section one payment,
 1-9     in an amount not to exceed $20, to a nonprofit or governmental
1-10     program that includes as participants or recipients persons who are
1-11     younger than 17 years of age and that regularly provides athletic,
1-12     civic, cultural, or educational activity.  For each dollar
1-13     contributed under this subsection, the defendant is entitled to one
1-14     hour's credit against required community service hours, except that
1-15     a defendant may not receive credit under this subsection for more
1-16     than one-half of the hours of community service the judge requires
1-17     under Subsection (b).  On permitting a payment under this
1-18     subsection, the judge shall admonish the defendant that the payment
1-19     is not a charitable contribution for the purposes of federal tax
1-20     law.
1-21           SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001, and
1-22     applies to a defendant placed on community supervision before, on,
1-23     or after that date.