By: Whitmire S.B. No. 1881
(In the Senate - Filed March 25, 2003; March 26, 2003, read
first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice;
May 21, 2003, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 4, Nays 0; May 21, 2003,
sent to printer.)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1881 By: Whitmire
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a payment to a law enforcement and firefighter support
organization as a condition of community supervision.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 11, Article 42.12, Code
of Criminal Procedure, is amended to read as follows:
(a) The judge of the court having jurisdiction of the case
shall determine the conditions of community supervision and may, at
any time, during the period of community supervision alter or
modify the conditions. The judge may impose any reasonable
condition that is designed to protect or restore the community,
protect or restore the victim, or punish, rehabilitate, or reform
the defendant. Conditions of community supervision may include,
but shall not be limited to, the conditions that the defendant
shall:
(1) Commit no offense against the laws of this State or
of any other State or of the United States;
(2) Avoid injurious or vicious habits;
(3) Avoid persons or places of disreputable or harmful
character;
(4) Report to the supervision officer as directed by
the judge or supervision officer and obey all rules and regulations
of the community supervision and corrections department;
(5) Permit the supervision officer to visit him at his
home or elsewhere;
(6) Work faithfully at suitable employment as far as
possible;
(7) Remain within a specified place;
(8) Pay his fine, if one be assessed, and all court
costs whether a fine be assessed or not, in one or several sums;
(9) Support his dependents;
(10) Participate, for a time specified by the judge,
in any community-based program, including a community-service work
program under Section 16 of this article;
(11) Reimburse the county in which the prosecution was
instituted for compensation paid to appointed counsel for defending
him in the case, if counsel was appointed, or if he was represented
by a county-paid public defender, in an amount that would have been
paid to an appointed attorney had the county not had a public
defender;
(12) Remain under custodial supervision in a community
corrections facility, obey all rules and regulations of such
facility, and pay a percentage of his income to the facility for
room and board;
(13) Pay a percentage of his income to his dependents
for their support while under custodial supervision in a community
corrections facility;
(14) Submit to testing for alcohol or controlled
substances;
(15) Attend counseling sessions for substance abusers
or participate in substance abuse treatment services in a program
or facility approved or licensed by the Texas Commission on Alcohol
and Drug Abuse;
(16) With the consent of the victim of a misdemeanor
offense or of any offense under Title 7, Penal Code, participate in
victim-defendant mediation;
(17) Submit to electronic monitoring;
(18) Reimburse the general revenue fund for any
amounts paid from that fund to a victim, as defined by Article 56.01
of this code, of the defendant's offense or if no reimbursement is
required, make one payment to the fund in an amount not to exceed
$50 if the offense is a misdemeanor or not to exceed $100 if the
offense is a felony;
(19) Reimburse a law enforcement agency for the
analysis, storage, or disposal of raw materials, controlled
substances, chemical precursors, drug paraphernalia, or other
materials seized in connection with the offense;
(20) Pay all or part of the reasonable and necessary
costs incurred by the victim for psychological counseling made
necessary by the offense or for counseling and education relating
to acquired immune deficiency syndrome or human immunodeficiency
virus made necessary by the offense;
(21) Make one payment in an amount not to exceed $50
to:
(A) a crime stoppers organization as defined by
Section 414.001, Government Code, and as certified by the Crime
Stoppers Advisory Council; or
(B) a nonprofit 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;
(22) Submit a blood sample or other specimen to the
Department of Public Safety under Subchapter G, Chapter 411,
Government Code, for the purpose of creating a DNA record of the
defendant; and
(23) In any manner required by the judge, provide
public notice of the offense for which the defendant was placed on
community supervision in the county in which the offense was
committed.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.
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