87R1307 MAW-F
 
  By: Pacheco H.B. No. 385
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to conditions of community supervision and procedures
  applicable to the reduction or termination of a defendant's period
  of community supervision.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Article 42A.052(a), Code of Criminal Procedure,
  is amended to read as follows:
         (a)  A judge who places a defendant on community supervision
  may authorize the supervision officer supervising the defendant or
  a magistrate appointed by the district courts in the county that
  give preference to criminal cases to modify the conditions of
  community supervision for the limited purposes [purpose] of:
               (1)  transferring the defendant to different programs
  within the community supervision continuum of programs and
  sanctions;
               (2)  prioritizing the conditions ordered by the court
  according to:
                     (A)  the defendant's needs as determined by a risk
  and needs assessment; and
                     (B)  the defendant's progress under supervision;
  or
               (3)  requiring a defendant who is not otherwise
  required to submit to testing for a controlled substance as a
  condition of community supervision under Article 42A.301(b)(13) to
  submit to testing for a controlled substance on each occasion on
  which the supervision officer has a reasonable suspicion that the
  defendant is under the influence of a controlled substance.
         SECTION 2.  Article 42A.301(b), Code of Criminal Procedure,
  is amended to read as follows:
         (b)  Conditions of community supervision may include
  conditions requiring the defendant to:
               (1)  commit no offense against the laws of this state or
  of any other state or of the United States;
               (2)  avoid injurious or vicious habits;
               (3)  avoid persons or places of disreputable or harmful
  character to the extent indicated by the results of the assessment
  conducted under Subsection (a) [, including any person, other than
  a family member of the defendant, who is an active member of a
  criminal street gang];
               (4)  report to the supervision officer as directed by
  the judge or supervision officer and obey all rules and regulations
  of the community supervision and corrections department;
               (5)  permit the supervision officer to visit the
  defendant at the defendant's home or elsewhere;
               (6)  work faithfully at suitable employment to the
  extent possible;
               (7)  remain within a specified place;
               (8)  pay in one or more amounts:
                     (A)  the defendant's fine, if one is assessed; and
                     (B)  all court costs, regardless of whether a fine
  is assessed;
               (9)  support the defendant's dependents;
               (10)  participate, for a period specified by the judge,
  in any community-based program, including a community service
  project under Article 42A.304;
               (11)  if the judge determines that the defendant has
  financial resources that enable the defendant to offset in part or
  in whole the costs of the legal services provided to the defendant
  in accordance with Article 1.051(c) or (d), including any expenses
  and costs, reimburse the county in which the prosecution was
  instituted for the costs of the legal services in an amount that the
  judge finds the defendant is able to pay, except that the defendant
  may not be ordered to pay an amount that exceeds:
                     (A)  the actual costs, including any expenses and
  costs, paid by the county for the legal services provided by an
  appointed attorney; or
                     (B)  if the defendant was represented by a public
  defender's office, the actual amount, including any expenses and
  costs, that would have otherwise been paid to an appointed attorney
  had the county not had a public defender's office;
               (12)  if under custodial supervision in a community
  corrections facility:
                     (A)  remain under that supervision;
                     (B)  obey all rules and regulations of the
  facility; and
                     (C)  pay a percentage of the defendant's income to
  the facility for room and board;
               (13)  submit to testing for alcohol or controlled
  substances:
                     (A)  during the 45-day period after the date of
  the defendant's placement on community supervision;
                     (B)  on each occasion on which the defendant
  appears in court and the judge has a reasonable suspicion that the
  defendant is under the influence of a controlled substance; or
                     (C)  at any time during the period of supervision
  if:
                           (i)  the defendant tested positive for a
  controlled substance in a test conducted during the period
  described by Paragraph (A) or conducted under Paragraph (B) or
  Article 42A.052(a)(3);
                           (ii)  the judge determines, based on the
  results of the assessment conducted under Subsection (a) or the
  evaluation conducted under Subsection (c), if applicable, that
  testing is necessary to protect or restore the community or the
  victim or to rehabilitate or reform the defendant; or
                           (iii)  the defendant's offense involved a
  controlled substance or alcohol;
               (14)  attend counseling sessions for substance abusers
  or participate in substance abuse treatment services in a program
  or facility approved or licensed by the Department of State Health
  Services but only if:
                     (A)  the judge determines, based on the results of
  the assessment conducted under Subsection (a) or the evaluation
  conducted under Subsection (c), if applicable, that counseling or
  treatment is necessary to protect or restore the community or the
  victim or to rehabilitate or reform the defendant; or
                     (B)  the defendant's offense was related to
  controlled substance or alcohol abuse;
               (15)  with the consent of the victim of a misdemeanor
  offense or of any offense under Title 7, Penal Code, participate in
  victim-defendant mediation;
               (16)  submit to electronic monitoring;
               (17)  reimburse the compensation to victims of crime
  fund for any amounts paid from that fund to or on behalf of a victim,
  as defined by Article 56B.003, of the offense or if no reimbursement
  is required, make one payment to the compensation to victims of
  crime fund in an amount not to exceed $50 if the offense is a
  misdemeanor or not to exceed $100 if the offense is a felony;
               (18)  reimburse a law enforcement agency for the
  analysis, storage, or disposal of raw materials, controlled
  substances, chemical precursors, drug paraphernalia, or other
  materials seized in connection with the offense;
               (19)  reimburse all or part of the reasonable and
  necessary costs incurred by the victim for psychological counseling
  made necessary by the offense or for counseling and education
  relating to acquired immune deficiency syndrome or human
  immunodeficiency virus made necessary by the offense;
               (20)  pay a fine in an amount not to exceed $50 to a
  crime stoppers organization, as defined by Section 414.001,
  Government Code, and as certified by the Texas Crime Stoppers
  Council;
               (21)  submit a DNA sample to the Department of Public
  Safety under Subchapter G, Chapter 411, Government Code, for the
  purpose of creating a DNA record of the defendant; and
               (22)  in any manner required by the judge, provide in
  the county in which the offense was committed public notice of the
  offense for which the defendant was placed on community
  supervision.
         SECTION 3.  Article 42A.303(e), Code of Criminal Procedure,
  is amended to read as follows:
         (e)  The Department of State Health Services or the community
  supervision and corrections department supervising the defendant
  shall develop the continuum of care treatment plan described by
  Subsection (d)(1).
         SECTION 4.  Articles 42A.403(d-1) and (e), Code of Criminal
  Procedure, are amended to read as follows:
         (d-1)  The judge shall waive the educational program
  requirement if the defendant successfully completes [equivalent]
  education at a residential treatment facility under Article
  42A.4045.
         (e)  The judge shall set out in the judgment, as applicable:
               (1)  the finding of good cause for waiver; or
               (2)  the finding that the defendant has successfully
  completed [equivalent] education as provided by Article 42A.4045.
         SECTION 5.  Articles 42A.404(b-1) and (c), Code of Criminal
  Procedure, are amended to read as follows:
         (b-1)  The judge shall waive the educational program
  requirement if the defendant successfully completes [equivalent]
  education at a residential treatment facility under Article
  42A.4045.
         (c)  The judge shall set out in the judgment, as applicable:
               (1)  the finding of good cause for waiver; or
               (2)  the finding that the defendant has successfully
  completed [equivalent] education as provided by Article 42A.4045.
         SECTION 6.  Articles 42A.4045(a) and (b), Code of Criminal
  Procedure, are amended to read as follows:
         (a)  A judge shall waive the educational requirement under
  Article 42A.403 or 42A.404 for a defendant who is required to
  receive treatment as a resident of a substance abuse treatment
  facility as a condition of community supervision if the defendant
  successfully completes [equivalent] education while the defendant
  is confined to the residential treatment facility.
         (b)  The Department of State Health Services shall approve
  [equivalent] education provided at substance abuse treatment
  facilities.
         SECTION 7.  Articles 42A.406(a) and (b-1), Code of Criminal
  Procedure, are amended to read as follows:
         (a)  If a defendant is required as a condition of community
  supervision to attend an educational program under Article 42A.403
  or 42A.404, or if the court waives the educational program
  requirement under Article 42A.403 or the defendant successfully
  completes [equivalent] education under Article 42A.4045, the court
  clerk shall immediately report that fact to the Department of
  Public Safety, on a form prescribed by the department, for
  inclusion in the defendant's driving record.  If the court grants an
  extension of time in which the defendant may complete the
  educational program under Article 42A.403, the court clerk shall
  immediately report that fact to the Department of Public Safety on a
  form prescribed by the department.  The clerk's report under this
  subsection must include the beginning date of the defendant's
  community supervision.
         (b-1)  Upon release from a residential treatment facility at
  which the person successfully completed [equivalent] education
  under Article 42A.4045, at the request of the court clerk, the
  director of the residential treatment facility shall give notice to
  the Department of Public Safety for inclusion in the person's
  driving record.
         SECTION 8.  Article 42A.655, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Art. 42A.655.  ABILITY TO PAY.  (a)  Notwithstanding any
  other provision of this chapter, the [The] court shall inquire as to
  whether the defendant has sufficient resources or income [consider
  the defendant's ability] to pay before ordering the defendant to
  make any payments under this chapter.
         (b)  For a defendant who is ordered to make payments under
  this chapter, the court shall reconsider whether the defendant has
  sufficient resources or income to pay:
               (1)  at any time the defendant's financial status or
  required payments change in such a way that the defendant's ability
  to make a payment previously ordered by the court is substantially
  hindered; and
               (2)  at any hearing held under Article 42A.751(d).
         (c)  If the court determines that the defendant does not have
  sufficient resources or income to make any payment ordered by the
  court, including a payment required under Article 42A.652, the
  judge shall determine whether all or a portion of the payment should
  be:
               (1)  required to be paid at a later date or in a
  specified portion at designated intervals;
               (2)  waived completely or partially under Article
  43.091 or 45.0491;
               (3)  discharged by performing community service under
  Article 42A.304 or 45.049, as applicable; or
               (4)  satisfied through any combination of methods under
  Subdivisions (1)-(3).
         (d)  If the court takes an action described by Subsection
  (c), the court may, at any time during the defendant's period of
  community supervision, reconsider that action.
         SECTION 9.  Article 42A.701, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
  amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsections (b-1) and
  (d-1) to read as follows:
         (b)  On completion of one-half of the original community
  supervision period or two years of community supervision, whichever
  is more, the judge shall review the defendant's record and consider
  whether to reduce or terminate the period of community supervision,
  unless the defendant:
               (1)  is delinquent in paying required [costs, fines,
  fees, or] restitution that the defendant has the ability to pay; or
               (2)  has not completed court-ordered counseling or
  treatment.
         (b-1)  The supervision officer shall notify the court as soon
  as practicable after the date a defendant, who at the time of the
  review required by Subsection (b) was delinquent in paying
  restitution or had not completed court-ordered counseling or
  treatment, completes the remaining court-ordered counseling or
  treatment and makes the delinquent restitution payments, as
  applicable. On receipt of the notice the court shall review the
  defendant's record and consider whether to reduce or terminate the
  period of community supervision.
         (d-1)  If the judge does not reduce or terminate the
  defendant's period of community supervision after a review
  conducted under Subsection (b) or (b-1), the judge shall, as soon as
  practicable after the 180th day after the date of the review but not
  later than the 270th day after the date of the review and unless the
  judge has already terminated the period of community supervision,
  review the defendant's record and again consider whether to reduce
  or terminate the period of community supervision in accordance with
  Subsection (b).
         SECTION 10.  Articles 42A.702(a) and (d), Code of Criminal
  Procedure, are amended to read as follows:
         (a)  This article applies only to a defendant who:
               (1)  is granted community supervision, including
  deferred adjudication community supervision, for an offense
  punishable as a state jail felony or a felony of the third degree,
  other than an offense:
                     (A)  included as a "reportable conviction or
  adjudication" under Article 62.001(5);
                     (B)  involving family violence as defined by
  Section 71.004, Family Code;
                     (C)  under Section 20.03 or 28.02, Penal Code; or
                     (D)  under Chapter 49, Penal Code; and
               (2)  [is not delinquent in paying required costs,
  fines, or fees; and
               [(3)]  has fully satisfied any order to pay restitution
  to a victim.
         (d)  A defendant is entitled to time credits toward the
  completion of the defendant's period of community supervision for
  the successful completion of treatment or rehabilitation programs
  as follows:
               (1)  parenting class or parental responsibility
  program: 30 days;
               (2)  anger management program: 30 days;
               (3)  life skills training program: 30 days;
               (4)  vocational, technical, or career education or
  training program: 60 days; [and]
               (5)  alcohol or substance abuse counseling or
  treatment: 90 days; and
               (6)  any other faith-based, volunteer, or
  community-based program ordered or approved by the court: 30 days.
         SECTION 11.  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of
  this section, the change in law made by this Act to Chapter 42A,
  Code of Criminal Procedure, applies to a person on community
  supervision on or after the effective date of this Act, regardless
  of whether the person was placed on community supervision before,
  on, or after the effective date of this Act.
         (b)  Article 42A.702(d)(6), Code of Criminal Procedure, as
  added by this Act, applies only to a person placed on community
  supervision on or after the effective date of this Act.
         SECTION 12.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.