BILL ANALYSIS
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AUTHOR'S / SPONSOR'S STATEMENT OF INTENT
H.B. 1103 amends current law relating to payment of a fee as a required condition of community supervision for certain criminal offenses involving animal cruelty.
RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS
SECTION 1. Amends Section 11, Article 42.12, Code of Criminal Procedure, by adding Subsection (m), as follows:
(m)(1) Requires a judge, if the judge grants community supervision to a person convicted of an offense under Section 42.09 (Cruelty to Livestock Animals), 42.091 (Attack on Assistance Animal), 42.092 (Cruelty to Nonlivestock Animals), or 42.10 (Dog Fighting), Penal Code, to require the person to pay $100 to the animal shelter designated by the judge as the nearest animal shelter to the location where the offense occurred that receives federal, state, county, or municipal funds, and serves the county in which the court is located.
(2) Defines, in this subsection, "animal shelter."
SECTION 2. Amends Subchapter B, Chapter 103, Government Code, by adding Section 103.02101, as follows:
Sec. 103.02101. ADDITIONAL FEES IN CERTAIN CRIMINAL CASES: CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE. Requires a defendant who is granted community supervision following conviction of an offense under Section 42.09, 42.091, 42.092, or 42.10, Penal Code, to pay $100 to an animal shelter in accordance with the requirements imposed by the judge under Section 11(m), Article 42.12, Code of Criminal Procedure.
SECTION 3. Effective date: September 1, 2011.