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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the monthly fee a defendant must pay during a period of |
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community supervision. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 19, Article 42.12, Code of Criminal |
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Procedure, is amended by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as |
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follows: |
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(a-1) A judge may not require a defendant to pay the fee |
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under Subsection (a) for any month after the period of community |
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supervision has been terminated by the judge under Section 20. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |