Amend HB 351 (house committee report) as follows:
(1) On page 1, line 15, strike "Article 43.09(f), Code of Criminal Procedure, is amended" and substitute "Article 43.09, Code of Criminal Procedure, is amended by amending Subsections (f) and (g) and adding Subsections (g-1) and (g-2)".
(2) On page 1, between lines 20 and 21, insert the following:
(g) In its order requiring a defendant to perform [participate in] community service [work] under Subsection (f) [of this article], the court must specify:
(1) the number of hours the defendant is required to work; [and]
(2) the date by which the community service must be completed; and
(3) whether the community supervision and corrections department or a court-related services office will perform the administrative duties required by the placement of the defendant in the community service program.
(g-1) The court may order a defendant required to perform community service under Subsection (f) to pay a reasonable administrative fee for the administration and supervision of the defendant's community service.
(g-2) If the defendant fails to complete community service required under this article by the date specified under Subsection (g)(2), the amount of the fine or costs that remains unpaid on that date is automatically reinstated and due.
(3) Add the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Article 45.049, Code of Criminal Procedure, is amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsections (b-1) and (b-2) to read as follows:
(b) In the justice's or judge's order requiring a defendant to perform [participate in] community service [work] under this article, the justice or judge must specify the number of hours the defendant is required to work and the date by which the community service must be completed.
(b-1) The justice or judge may order a defendant required to perform community service under this article to pay a reasonable administrative fee for the administration and supervision of the defendant's community service.
(b-2) If the defendant fails to complete community service required under this article by the date specified under Subsection (b), the amount of the fine or costs that remains unpaid on that date is automatically reinstated and due.