81R3736 GCB-F
 
  By: Crownover H.B. No. 590
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the name of and eligibility criteria for appointment to
  the Crime Stoppers Advisory Council.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  The heading to Chapter 414, Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         CHAPTER 414.  TEXAS CRIME STOPPERS [ADVISORY] COUNCIL
         SECTION 2.  Section 414.001(1), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
               (1)  "Council" means the Texas Crime Stoppers
  [Advisory] Council.
         SECTION 3.  Section 414.002, Government Code, is amended by
  amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (b-1) to read as
  follows:
         (a)  The Texas Crime Stoppers [Advisory] Council is within
  the criminal justice division of the governor's office.
         (b-1)  A person is ineligible for appointment as a member of
  the council if the person has a campaign treasurer appointment on
  file with a local filing authority or with the Texas Ethics
  Commission in accordance with Chapter 252, Election Code.
         SECTION 4.  Article 37.073(c), Code of Criminal Procedure,
  is amended to read as follows:
         (c)  In this article, "crime stoppers organization" means a
  crime stoppers organization, as defined by Subdivision (2), Section
  414.001, Government Code, that is approved by the Texas Crime
  Stoppers [Advisory] Council to receive payments of rewards under
  this article and Article 42.152 [of this code].
         SECTION 5.  Section 11(a), 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 the
  defendant at the defendant's home or elsewhere;
               (6)  Work faithfully at suitable employment as far as
  possible;
               (7)  Remain within a specified place;
               (8)  Pay the defendant's fine, if one be assessed, and
  all court costs whether a fine be assessed or not, in one or several
  sums;
               (9)  Support the defendant's 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
  the defendant in the case, if counsel was appointed, or if the
  defendant 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 the defendant's income to the
  facility for room and board;
               (13)  Pay a percentage of the defendant's income to the
  defendant's 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 compensation to victims of crime
  fund for any amounts paid from that fund to or on behalf of a victim,
  as defined by Article 56.32, of the defendant's offense or if no
  reimbursement is required, make one payment to the compensation to
  victims of crime 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 crime stoppers organization as defined by Section 414.001,
  Government Code, and as certified by the Texas Crime Stoppers
  [Advisory] Council;
               (22)  Submit a DNA sample to the Department of Public
  Safety under Subchapter G, Chapter 411, Government Code, for the
  purpose of creating a DNA record of the defendant;
               (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; and
               (24)  Reimburse the county in which the prosecution was
  instituted for compensation paid to any interpreter in the case.
         SECTION 6.  Section 414.002(b-1), Government Code, as added
  by this Act, applies only to a person who is appointed or
  re-appointed to the Texas Crime Stoppers Council on or after the
  effective date of this Act. A person appointed to the Crime Stoppers
  Advisory Council before the effective date of this Act is governed
  by the law in effect immediately before the effective date of this
  Act, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 7.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2009.