By: Larson (Senate Sponsor - Menéndez) H.B. No. 583

(In the Senate - Received from the House May 4, 2015; May 15, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice; May 25, 2015, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 25, 2015, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 583 By: Hinojosa

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to donations to certain local veteran's charities ordered as a condition of community supervision.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 16, Article 42.12, Code of Criminal Procedure, is amended by amending Subsection (f) and adding Subsection (h) to read as follows:

(f) In lieu of requiring a defendant to work a specified number of hours at a community service project or projects under Subsection (a), the judge may order a defendant to make a specified donation to:

(1) a nonprofit food bank or food pantry in the community in which the defendant resides;

(2) a charitable organization engaged primarily in performing charitable functions for veterans in the community in which the defendant resides; or

(3) in a county with a population of less than 50,000, another nonprofit organization that:

(A) is exempt from taxation under Section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 because it is listed in Section 501(c)(3) of that code; and

(B) provides services or assistance to needy individuals and families in the community in which the defendant resides.

(h) In this section:

(1) "Charitable organization" has the meaning assigned by Section 2252.906, Government Code.

(2) "Veteran" has the meaning assigned by Section 434.022, Government Code.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.

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