84R2729 MEW-D

By: Rodriguez of Bexar H.B. No. 1057

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to certain conditions imposed on defendants convicted of an offense of graffiti or juveniles adjudicated as having engaged in conduct involving graffiti.

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

SECTION 1. Section 11(k), Article 42.12, Code of Criminal Procedure, is amended to read as follows:

(k) A court granting community supervision to a defendant convicted of an offense under Section 28.08, Penal Code, shall require as a condition of community supervision that the defendant perform:

(1) at least 20 [15] hours of community service if the amount of pecuniary loss resulting from the commission of the offense is $50 or more but less than $500; or

(2) at least 40 [30] hours of community service if the amount of pecuniary loss resulting from the commission of the offense is $500 or more.

SECTION 2. Section 54.046(d), Family Code, is amended to read as follows:

(d) If a juvenile court places on probation under Section 54.04(d) a child adjudicated as having engaged in conduct in violation of Section 28.08, Penal Code, in addition to other conditions of probation, the court shall order the child to perform:

(1) at least 20 [15] hours of community service if the amount of pecuniary loss resulting from the conduct is $50 or more but less than $500; or

(2) at least 40 [30] hours of community service if the amount of pecuniary loss resulting from the conduct is $500 or more.

SECTION 3. 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 on the date 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 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.