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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to certain conditions imposed on defendants convicted of |
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an offense of graffiti or juveniles adjudicated as having engaged |
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in conduct involving graffiti. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 11(k), Article 42.12, Code of Criminal |
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Procedure, is amended to read as follows: |
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(k) A court granting community supervision to a defendant |
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convicted of an offense under Section 28.08, Penal Code, shall |
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require as a condition of community supervision that the defendant |
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perform: |
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(1) at least 20 [15] hours of community service if the |
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amount of pecuniary loss resulting from the commission of the |
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offense is $50 or more but less than $500; or |
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(2) at least 40 [30] hours of community service if the |
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amount of pecuniary loss resulting from the commission of the |
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offense is $500 or more. |
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SECTION 2. Section 54.046(d), Family Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(d) If a juvenile court places on probation under Section |
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54.04(d) a child adjudicated as having engaged in conduct in |
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violation of Section 28.08, Penal Code, in addition to other |
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conditions of probation, the court shall order the child to |
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perform: |
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(1) at least 20 [15] hours of community service if the |
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amount of pecuniary loss resulting from the conduct is $50 or more |
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but less than $500; or |
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(2) at least 40 [30] hours of community service if the |
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amount of pecuniary loss resulting from the conduct is $500 or more. |
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SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is |
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governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, |
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and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For |
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purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the |
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effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred |
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before that date. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |