SRC-TAG S.B. 1881 78(R)   BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research Center   S.B. 1881
By: Whitmire
Criminal Justice
5/19/2003
As Filed


DIGEST AND PURPOSE 

Current law allows a judge of a criminal court who awards community
supervision to a defendant to order payment of a one-time $50 fee to Crime
Stoppers.  As proposed, S.B. 1881 allows the judge to order a one time fee
to either Crime Stoppers or a non-profit organization that provides
financial assistance to dependents of certified peace officers and
firefighters who are killed in the line of duty and that serves the county
in which the court is located.  

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to
a state officer, institution, or agency. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amend Article 42.12, Section 11, Code of Criminal Procedure,
by adding Subsection (i), to authorize a judge who grants community
supervision to a person to require the person to make one payment in an
amount not to exceed $100.00 to a non-profit organization that provides
financial assistance to dependents of certified peace officers and
firefighters who are killed in the line of duty and that serves the county
in which the court is located. 

SECTION 2.  Effective date: September 1, 2003.