88R2320 MCF-F
 
  By: Longoria H.B. No. 541
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to donations to certain local charities ordered to be paid
  as a condition of community supervision.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Article 42A.304(f), Code of Criminal Procedure,
  is amended to read as follows:
         (f)  Instead of requiring the defendant to work a specified
  number of hours at one or more community service projects under
  Subsection (a), the judge may order a defendant to make a specified
  donation to:
               (1)  a nonprofit food bank or food pantry in the
  community in which the defendant resides;
               (2)  a charitable organization engaged primarily in
  performing charitable functions [for veterans] in the community in
  which the defendant resides for defendants under community
  supervision or for veterans; or
               (3)  in a county with a population of less than 50,000,
  another nonprofit organization that:
                     (A)  is exempt from taxation under Section 501(a)
  of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 because it is listed in Section
  501(c)(3) of that code; and
                     (B)  provides services or assistance to needy
  individuals and families in the community in which the defendant
  resides.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.