S.B. No. 391
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to a defendant's obligation to pay a fine or court cost
  after the expiration of a period of community supervision.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 11, Article 42.12, Code of Criminal
  Procedure, is amended by adding Subsection (b-1) to read as
  follows:
         (b-1)  A defendant's obligation to pay a fine or court cost
  as ordered by a judge exists independently of any requirement to pay
  the fine or court cost as a condition of the defendant's community
  supervision.  A defendant remains obligated to pay any unpaid fine
  or court cost after the expiration of the defendant's period of
  community supervision.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
 
 
 
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 391 passed the Senate on
  March 13, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 391 passed the House on
  May 20, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 147, Nays 0, two
  present not voting.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
 
  Approved:
 
  ______________________________ 
              Date
 
 
  ______________________________ 
            Governor