78R8248 T

By:  Davis of Harris                                              H.B. No. 1846



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to court ordered payments by persons on community 
supervision.     
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Chapter 42, Section 42.12, Subsection 11 of the 
Code of Criminal Procedure, is amended by adding Subsections (i), 
(j), and (k) to read as follows:
	(g)  A judge who grants community supervision to a person may 
require the person to make one payment in an amount not to exceed 
$50 to a children's advocacy center established under Subchapter E, 
Chapter 264, Family Code, if the person is charged with or convicted 
of an offense under Section 21.11 or 22.011(a)(2), Penal Code.
	(h)  If a judge grants community supervision to a person 
convicted of an offense under Title 5, Penal Code, that the court 
determines involves family violence, the judge may require the 
person to make one payment in an amount not to exceed $100 to a 
family violence shelter center that receives state or federal funds 
and that serves the county in which the court is located.  In this 
subsection, "family violence" has the meaning assigned by Section 
71.004, Family Code, and "family violence shelter center" has the 
meaning assigned by Section 51.002, Human Resources Code.
	(i)  If a judge grants community supervision to a person 
convicted of an offense involving an offense or an inchoate offense 
against a person or an animal as defined in Title 5, Title 8, Title 
9, or Title 10 of the Texas Penal Code, the court may require the 
person to make one payment in the amount of $50 to a pediatric and 
adolescent hospital as defined by Section 241.003 of the Texas 
Health and Safety Code and serves the county in which the court is 
located.
	(j)  If a judge grants community supervision to a person 
convicted of an offense involving injury to person or an animal as 
defined in Title 5, Title 6, Title 8, Title 9, or Title 10 of the 
Texas Penal Code, the court may require the person to make one 
payment in the amount of $50 to a charitable organization that is 
operated exclusively for prevention of cruelty to animals as 
defined in Section 84.003 of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies 
Code and serves the county in which the court is located.
	(k)  If a judge grants community supervision to a person 
convicted of an offense or an inchoate offense against property as 
defined in Title 7 of the Penal Code, the judge may require the 
person to make one payment in an amount not to exceed $100 to a 
charitable organization as defined in Section 84.003 of the Texas 
Civil Practice and Remedies Code, including Habitat for Humanity.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2002.