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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to payment of a fee as a required condition of community |
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supervision for certain criminal offenses involving animal |
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cruelty. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 11, Article 42.12, Code of Criminal |
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Procedure, is amended by adding Subsection (m) to read as follows: |
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(m)(1) If a judge grants community supervision to a person |
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convicted of an offense under Section 42.09, 42.091, 42.092, or |
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42.10, Penal Code, the judge shall require the person to pay $100 to |
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the animal shelter designated by the judge as the nearest animal |
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shelter to the location where the offense occurred that: |
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(A) receives federal, state, county, or |
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municipal funds; and |
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(B) serves the county in which the court is |
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located. |
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(2) In this subsection, "animal shelter" has the |
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meaning assigned by Section 823.001, Health and Safety Code. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 103, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 103.02101 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 103.02101. ADDITIONAL FEES IN CERTAIN CRIMINAL CASES: |
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CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE. A defendant who is granted community |
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supervision following conviction of an offense under Section 42.09, |
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42.091, 42.092, or 42.10, Penal Code, shall pay $100 to an animal |
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shelter in accordance with the requirements imposed by the judge |
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under Section 11(m), Article 42.12, Code of Criminal Procedure. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |