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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the satisfaction of a condition of community |
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supervision requiring performance of community service. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 16(f), Article 42.12, Code of Criminal |
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Procedure, is amended to read as follows: |
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(f) In lieu of requiring a defendant to work a specified |
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number of hours at a community service project or projects under |
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Subsection (a), the judge may order a defendant to make a specified |
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donation to: |
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(1) a nonprofit food bank or food pantry in the |
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community in which the defendant resides; or |
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(2) another nonprofit organization that: |
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(A) is exempt from taxation under Section 501(a) |
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of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 because it is listed in Section |
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501(c)(3) of that code; and |
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(B) provides services or assistance to needy |
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individuals and families in the community in which the defendant |
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resides. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |