82R640 KEL-D
 
  By: Huffman S.B. No. 154
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the imposition of consecutive fines in sentencing a
  defendant for offenses arising out of the same criminal episode.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 3.03(a), Penal Code, is amended to read
  as follows:
         (a)  When the accused is found guilty of more than one
  offense arising out of the same criminal episode prosecuted in a
  single criminal action, a sentence for each offense for which he has
  been found guilty shall be pronounced. Except as provided by
  Subsection (b) and Section 3.05, the sentences shall run
  concurrently.
         SECTION 2.  Section 3.04(b), Penal Code, is amended to read
  as follows:
         (b)  In the event of severance under this section, the
  provisions of Section 3.03 do not apply, and, except as provided by
  Section 3.05, the court in its discretion may order the sentences to
  run either concurrently or consecutively.
         SECTION 3.  Chapter 3, Penal Code, is amended by adding
  Section 3.05 to read as follows:
         Sec. 3.05.  IMPOSITION OF CONSECUTIVE FINES. If the
  defendant is convicted of more than one offense arising out of the
  same criminal episode, the fines imposed for the offenses run
  consecutively.
         SECTION 4.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.
  An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is
  governed by the law in effect when the offense was committed, and
  the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For
  purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the
  effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred
  before that date.
         SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.