By: West S.B. No. 391

(In the Senate - Filed February 5, 2013; February 13, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Jurisprudence; February 20, 2013, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; February 20, 2013, sent to printer.)

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

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.

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