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AN ACT
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relating to the nonsubstantive revision of certain laws concerning |
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community supervision granted in criminal cases, including |
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conforming amendments. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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ARTICLE 1. NONSUBSTANTIVE REVISION OF COMMUNITY SUPERVISION LAWS |
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SECTION 1.01. Title 1, Code of Criminal Procedure, is amended by adding Chapter 42A to read as follows: |
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CHAPTER 42A. COMMUNITY SUPERVISION |
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SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS |
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Art. 42A.001. DEFINITIONS |
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SUBCHAPTER B. PLACEMENT ON COMMUNITY SUPERVISION |
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Art. 42A.051. AUTHORITY TO GRANT COMMUNITY |
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SUPERVISION, IMPOSE OR MODIFY |
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CONDITIONS, OR DISCHARGE DEFENDANT |
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Art. 42A.052. MODIFICATION OF CONDITIONS BY |
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SUPERVISION OFFICER OR MAGISTRATE |
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Art. 42A.053. JUDGE-ORDERED COMMUNITY SUPERVISION |
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Art. 42A.054. LIMITATION ON JUDGE-ORDERED COMMUNITY |
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SUPERVISION |
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Art. 42A.055. JURY-RECOMMENDED COMMUNITY SUPERVISION |
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Art. 42A.056. LIMITATION ON JURY-RECOMMENDED COMMUNITY |
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SUPERVISION |
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Art. 42A.057. MINIMUM PERIOD OF COMMUNITY SUPERVISION FOR |
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CERTAIN BURGLARIES OF VEHICLES |
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SUBCHAPTER C. DEFERRED ADJUDICATION COMMUNITY SUPERVISION |
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Art. 42A.101. PLACEMENT ON DEFERRED ADJUDICATION |
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COMMUNITY SUPERVISION |
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Art. 42A.102. ELIGIBILITY FOR DEFERRED ADJUDICATION |
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COMMUNITY SUPERVISION |
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Art. 42A.103. PERIOD OF DEFERRED ADJUDICATION |
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COMMUNITY SUPERVISION |
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Art. 42A.104. CONDITIONS OF DEFERRED ADJUDICATION |
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COMMUNITY SUPERVISION; IMPOSITION OF |
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FINE |
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Art. 42A.105. AFFIRMATIVE FINDINGS |
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Art. 42A.106. RECORD NOT CONFIDENTIAL; RIGHT TO |
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PETITION FOR ORDER OF NONDISCLOSURE |
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Art. 42A.107. REQUEST FOR FINAL ADJUDICATION |
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Art. 42A.108. VIOLATION OF CONDITION OF DEFERRED |
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ADJUDICATION COMMUNITY SUPERVISION; |
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HEARING |
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Art. 42A.109. DUE DILIGENCE DEFENSE |
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Art. 42A.110. PROCEEDINGS AFTER ADJUDICATION |
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Art. 42A.111. DISMISSAL AND DISCHARGE |
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SUBCHAPTER D. JURISDICTION OVER CASE; GEOGRAPHICAL JURISDICTION |
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Art. 42A.151. TRANSFER OF JURISDICTION |
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Art. 42A.152. ISSUANCE OF WARRANT BY COURT HAVING |
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GEOGRAPHICAL JURISDICTION |
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Art. 42A.153. CHANGE OF RESIDENCE WITHIN THE STATE |
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Art. 42A.154. LEAVING THE STATE |
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SUBCHAPTER E. PARTIAL EXECUTION OF SENTENCE; CONTINUING |
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JURISDICTION |
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Art. 42A.201. CONTINUING JURISDICTION IN MISDEMEANOR |
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CASES |
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Art. 42A.202. CONTINUING JURISDICTION IN FELONY CASES |
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Art. 42A.203. AUTHORITY TO SUSPEND EXECUTION OF SENTENCE |
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IN FELONY CASES |
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Art. 42A.204. PARTIAL EXECUTION OF SENTENCE: FIREARM |
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USED OR EXHIBITED |
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SUBCHAPTER F. PRESENTENCE AND POSTSENTENCE REPORTS AND EVALUATIONS |
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Art. 42A.251. DEFINITIONS |
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Art. 42A.252. PRESENTENCE REPORT REQUIRED |
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Art. 42A.253. CONTENTS OF PRESENTENCE REPORT |
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Art. 42A.254. INSPECTION BY JUDGE; DISCLOSURE OF |
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CONTENTS |
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Art. 42A.255. INSPECTION AND COMMENT BY DEFENDANT; |
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ACCESS TO INFORMATION BY STATE |
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Art. 42A.256. RELEASE OF INFORMATION TO SUPERVISION |
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OFFICER; CONFIDENTIALITY OF REPORT |
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Art. 42A.257. EVALUATION FOR PURPOSES OF ALCOHOL OR |
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DRUG REHABILITATION |
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Art. 42A.258. EVALUATION FOR PURPOSES OF SEX OFFENDER |
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TREATMENT, SPECIALIZED SUPERVISION, OR |
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REHABILITATION |
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Art. 42A.259. POSTSENTENCE REPORT |
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SUBCHAPTER G. DISCRETIONARY CONDITIONS GENERALLY |
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Art. 42A.301. BASIC DISCRETIONARY CONDITIONS |
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Art. 42A.302. CONFINEMENT |
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Art. 42A.303. SUBSTANCE ABUSE FELONY PROGRAM |
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Art. 42A.304. COMMUNITY SERVICE |
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Art. 42A.305. COMMUNITY OUTREACH |
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Art. 42A.306. SUPERVISION OF DEFENDANT FROM OUT OF |
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STATE |
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Art. 42A.307. ORCHIECTOMY PROHIBITED |
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SUBCHAPTER H. MANDATORY CONDITIONS GENERALLY |
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Art. 42A.351. EDUCATIONAL SKILL LEVEL |
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Art. 42A.352. DNA SAMPLE |
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SUBCHAPTER I. CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TO CERTAIN INTOXICATION |
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OFFENSES |
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Art. 42A.401. CONFINEMENT AS CONDITION OF COMMUNITY |
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SUPERVISION FOR CERTAIN INTOXICATION |
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OFFENSES |
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Art. 42A.402. DRUG OR ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE EVALUATION |
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AND REHABILITATION |
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Art. 42A.403. EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM FOR CERTAIN |
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INTOXICATION OFFENDERS; WAIVER OR |
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EXTENSION OF TIME |
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Art. 42A.404. EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM FOR CERTAIN REPEAT |
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INTOXICATION OFFENDERS; WAIVER |
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Art. 42A.405. RULES FOR AND ADMINISTRATION OF |
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EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS |
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Art. 42A.406. EFFECT OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM |
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REQUIREMENTS ON DRIVING RECORD AND |
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LICENSE |
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Art. 42A.407. SUSPENSION OF DRIVER'S LICENSE |
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Art. 42A.408. USE OF IGNITION INTERLOCK DEVICE |
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Art. 42A.409. COMMUNITY SUPERVISION FOR ENHANCED |
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PUBLIC INTOXICATION OFFENSE |
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SUBCHAPTER J. CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TO SEX OFFENDERS |
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Art. 42A.451. SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION; DNA SAMPLE |
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Art. 42A.452. TREATMENT, SPECIALIZED SUPERVISION, OR |
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REHABILITATION |
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Art. 42A.453. CHILD SAFETY ZONE |
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Art. 42A.454. CERTAIN INTERNET ACTIVITY PROHIBITED |
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Art. 42A.455. PAYMENT TO CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER |
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SUBCHAPTER K. CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TO CERTAIN OTHER OFFENSES AND |
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OFFENDERS |
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Art. 42A.501. COMMUNITY SUPERVISION FOR OFFENSE |
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COMMITTED BECAUSE OF BIAS OR PREJUDICE |
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Art. 42A.502. COMMUNITY SUPERVISION FOR CERTAIN |
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VIOLENT OFFENSES; CHILD SAFETY ZONE |
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Art. 42A.503. COMMUNITY SUPERVISION FOR CERTAIN CHILD |
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ABUSE OFFENSES; PROHIBITED CONTACT |
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WITH VICTIM |
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Art. 42A.504. COMMUNITY SUPERVISION FOR CERTAIN |
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OFFENSES INVOLVING FAMILY VIOLENCE; |
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SPECIAL CONDITIONS |
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Art. 42A.505. COMMUNITY SUPERVISION FOR STALKING |
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OFFENSE; PROHIBITED CONTACT WITH |
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VICTIM |
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Art. 42A.506. COMMUNITY SUPERVISION FOR DEFENDANT WITH |
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MENTAL IMPAIRMENT |
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Art. 42A.507. COMMUNITY SUPERVISION FOR CERTAIN |
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DEFENDANTS IDENTIFIED AS MEMBERS OF |
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CRIMINAL STREET GANGS; ELECTRONIC |
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MONITORING |
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Art. 42A.508. COMMUNITY SUPERVISION FOR CERTAIN |
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ORGANIZED CRIME OFFENSES; RESTRICTIONS |
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ON OPERATION OF MOTOR VEHICLE |
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Art. 42A.509. COMMUNITY SUPERVISION FOR GRAFFITI |
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OFFENSE |
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Art. 42A.510. COMMUNITY SUPERVISION FOR ENHANCED |
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DISORDERLY CONDUCT OFFENSE |
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Art. 42A.511. COMMUNITY SUPERVISION FOR CERTAIN |
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OFFENSES INVOLVING ANIMALS |
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Art. 42A.512. COMMUNITY SUPERVISION FOR ELECTRONIC |
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TRANSMISSION OF CERTAIN VISUAL |
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MATERIAL |
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Art. 42A.513. COMMUNITY SUPERVISION FOR MAKING FIREARM |
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ACCESSIBLE TO CHILD |
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SUBCHAPTER L. STATE JAIL FELONY COMMUNITY SUPERVISION |
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Art. 42A.551. PLACEMENT ON COMMUNITY SUPERVISION; |
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EXECUTION OF SENTENCE |
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Art. 42A.552. REVIEW OF PRESENTENCE REPORT |
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Art. 42A.553. MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM PERIODS OF COMMUNITY |
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SUPERVISION; EXTENSION |
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Art. 42A.554. CONDITIONS OF COMMUNITY SUPERVISION |
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Art. 42A.555. CONFINEMENT AS A CONDITION OF COMMUNITY |
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SUPERVISION |
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Art. 42A.556. SANCTIONS IMPOSED ON MODIFICATION OF |
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COMMUNITY SUPERVISION |
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Art. 42A.557. REPORT BY DIRECTOR OF FACILITY |
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Art. 42A.558. REVOCATION; OPTIONS REGARDING EXECUTION |
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OF SENTENCE |
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Art. 42A.559. CREDITS FOR TIME SERVED |
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Art. 42A.560. MEDICAL RELEASE |
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Art. 42A.561. MEDICAL RELEASE |
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SUBCHAPTER M. COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS FACILITIES |
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Art. 42A.601. DEFINITION |
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Art. 42A.602. MAXIMUM TERM OR TERMS OF CONFINEMENT |
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Art. 42A.603. EFFECT OF REVOCATION ON CREDIT FOR TIME |
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SPENT IN FACILITY |
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Art. 42A.604. EVALUATION OF DEFENDANT'S BEHAVIOR AND |
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ATTITUDE |
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Art. 42A.605. PLACEMENT IN COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECT |
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Art. 42A.606. CONFINEMENT REQUIRED; EXCEPTIONS |
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Art. 42A.607. DISPOSITION OF SALARY |
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SUBCHAPTER N. PAYMENTS; FEES |
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Art. 42A.651. PAYMENT AS CONDITION OF COMMUNITY |
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SUPERVISION |
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Art. 42A.652. MONTHLY FEE |
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Art. 42A.653. ADDITIONAL MONTHLY FEE FOR CERTAIN SEX |
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OFFENDERS |
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Art. 42A.654. FEES DUE ON CONVICTION |
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Art. 42A.655. ABILITY TO PAY |
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SUBCHAPTER O. REDUCTION OR TERMINATION OF COMMUNITY SUPERVISION |
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PERIOD |
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Art. 42A.701. REDUCTION OR TERMINATION OF COMMUNITY |
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SUPERVISION PERIOD |
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Art. 42A.702. TIME CREDITS FOR COMPLETION OF CERTAIN |
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CONDITIONS OF COMMUNITY SUPERVISION |
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SUBCHAPTER P. REVOCATION AND OTHER SANCTIONS |
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Art. 42A.751. VIOLATION OF CONDITIONS OF COMMUNITY |
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SUPERVISION; DETENTION AND HEARING |
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Art. 42A.752. CONTINUATION OR MODIFICATION OF |
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COMMUNITY SUPERVISION AFTER VIOLATION |
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Art. 42A.753. EXTENSION OF COMMUNITY SUPERVISION AFTER |
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VIOLATION |
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Art. 42A.754. AUTHORITY TO REVOKE COMMUNITY |
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SUPERVISION |
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Art. 42A.755. REVOCATION OF COMMUNITY SUPERVISION |
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Art. 42A.756. DUE DILIGENCE DEFENSE |
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Art. 42A.757. EXTENSION OF COMMUNITY SUPERVISION FOR |
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CERTAIN SEX OFFENDERS |
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CHAPTER 42A. COMMUNITY SUPERVISION |
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SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS |
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Art. 42A.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: |
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(1) "Community supervision" means the placement of a |
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defendant by a court under a continuum of programs and sanctions, |
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with conditions imposed by the court for a specified period during |
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which: |
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(A) criminal proceedings are deferred without an |
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adjudication of guilt; or |
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(B) a sentence of imprisonment or confinement, |
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imprisonment and fine, or confinement and fine, is probated and the |
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imposition of sentence is suspended in whole or in part. |
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(2) "Court" means a court of record having original |
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criminal jurisdiction. |
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(3) "Electronic monitoring" includes voice tracking |
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systems, position tracking systems, position location systems, |
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biometric tracking systems, and any other electronic or |
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telecommunications system that may be used to assist in the |
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supervision of defendants under this chapter. |
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(4) "Supervision officer" means a person appointed or |
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employed under Section 76.004, Government Code, to supervise |
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defendants placed on community supervision. (Code Crim. Proc., |
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Art. 42.12, Sec. 2.) |
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SUBCHAPTER B. PLACEMENT ON COMMUNITY SUPERVISION |
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Art. 42A.051. AUTHORITY TO GRANT COMMUNITY SUPERVISION, |
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IMPOSE OR MODIFY CONDITIONS, OR DISCHARGE DEFENDANT. (a) Unless |
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the judge has transferred jurisdiction of the case to another court |
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under Article 42A.151, only the court in which the defendant was |
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tried may: |
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(1) grant community supervision; |
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(2) impose conditions; or |
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(3) discharge the defendant. |
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(b) The judge of the court having jurisdiction of the case |
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may, at any time during the period of community supervision, modify |
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the conditions of community supervision. Except as provided by |
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Article 42A.052(a), only the judge may modify the conditions. |
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(Code Crim. Proc., Art. 42.12, Secs. 10(a) (part), 11(a) (part).) |
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Art. 42A.052. MODIFICATION OF CONDITIONS BY SUPERVISION |
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OFFICER OR MAGISTRATE. (a) A judge who places a defendant on |
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community supervision may authorize the supervision officer |
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supervising the defendant or a magistrate appointed by the district |
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courts in the county that give preference to criminal cases to |
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modify the conditions of community supervision for the limited |
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purpose of transferring the defendant to different programs within |
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the community supervision continuum of programs and sanctions. |
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(b) A supervision officer or magistrate who modifies the |
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conditions of community supervision shall: |
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(1) deliver a copy of the modified conditions to the |
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defendant; |
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(2) file a copy of the modified conditions with the |
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sentencing court; and |
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(3) note the date of delivery of the copy in the |
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defendant's file. |
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(c) If the defendant agrees to the modification in writing, |
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the officer or magistrate shall file a copy of the modified |
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conditions with the district clerk and the conditions shall be |
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enforced as modified. If the defendant does not agree to the |
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modification in writing, the supervision officer or magistrate |
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shall refer the case to the judge for modification in the manner |
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provided by Article 42A.752. (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 42.12, Secs. |
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10(d), (e).) |
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Art. 42A.053. JUDGE-ORDERED COMMUNITY SUPERVISION. (a) A |
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judge, in the best interest of justice, the public, and the |
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defendant, after conviction or a plea of guilty or nolo contendere, |
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may: |
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(1) suspend the imposition of the sentence and place |
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the defendant on community supervision; or |
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(2) impose a fine applicable to the offense and place |
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the defendant on community supervision. |
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(b) A judge may not deny community supervision to a |
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defendant based solely on the defendant's inability to speak, read, |
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write, hear, or understand English. |
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(c) A defendant is not eligible for community supervision |
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under this article if the defendant is sentenced to serve: |
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(1) a term of imprisonment that exceeds 10 years; or |
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(2) a term of confinement under Section 12.35, Penal |
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Code. |
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(d) In a felony case: |
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(1) the minimum period of community supervision is the |
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same as the minimum term of imprisonment applicable to the offense; |
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and |
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(2) the maximum period of community supervision is: |
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(A) 10 years, for a felony other than a third |
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degree felony described by Paragraph (B); and |
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(B) five years, for any of the following third |
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degree felonies: |
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(i) a third degree felony under Title 7, |
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Penal Code; and |
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(ii) a third degree felony under Chapter |
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481, Health and Safety Code. |
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(e) Notwithstanding Subsection (d), the minimum period of |
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community supervision under this article for a felony described by |
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Article 42A.453(b) is five years. |
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(f) The maximum period of community supervision in a |
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misdemeanor case is two years. |
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(g) Notwithstanding Subsection (d)(2) or (f), a judge may |
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extend the maximum period of community supervision in the manner |
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provided by Article 42A.753 or 42A.757. (Code Crim. Proc., Art. |
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42.12, Secs. 3(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g).) |
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Art. 42A.054. LIMITATION ON JUDGE-ORDERED COMMUNITY |
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SUPERVISION. (a) Article 42A.053 does not apply to a defendant |
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adjudged guilty of an offense under: |
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(1) Section 15.03, Penal Code, if the offense is |
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punishable as a felony of the first degree; |
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(2) Section 19.02, Penal Code (Murder); |
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(3) Section 19.03, Penal Code (Capital Murder); |
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(4) Section 20.04, Penal Code (Aggravated |
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Kidnapping); |
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(5) Section 20A.02, Penal Code (Trafficking of |
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Persons); |
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(6) Section 21.11(a)(1), Penal Code (Indecency with a |
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Child); |
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(7) Section 22.011, Penal Code (Sexual Assault); |
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(8) Section 22.021, Penal Code (Aggravated Sexual |
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Assault); |
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(9) Section 22.04(a)(1), Penal Code (Injury to a |
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Child, Elderly Individual, or Disabled Individual), if: |
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(A) the offense is punishable as a felony of the |
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first degree; and |
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(B) the victim of the offense is a child; |
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(10) Section 29.03, Penal Code (Aggravated Robbery); |
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(11) Section 30.02, Penal Code (Burglary), if: |
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(A) the offense is punishable under Subsection |
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(d) of that section; and |
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(B) the actor committed the offense with the |
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intent to commit a felony under Section 21.02, 21.11, 22.011, |
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22.021, or 25.02, Penal Code; |
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(12) Section 43.05, Penal Code (Compelling |
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Prostitution); |
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(13) Section 43.25, Penal Code (Sexual Performance by |
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a Child); or |
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(14) Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code, for which |
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punishment is increased under: |
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(A) Section 481.140 of that code (Use of Child in |
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Commission of Offense); or |
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(B) Section 481.134(c), (d), (e), or (f) of that |
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code (Drug-free Zones) if it is shown that the defendant has been |
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previously convicted of an offense for which punishment was |
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increased under any of those subsections. |
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(b) Article 42A.053 does not apply to a defendant when it is |
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shown that: |
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(1) a deadly weapon as defined by Section 1.07, Penal |
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Code, was used or exhibited during the: |
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(A) commission of a felony offense; or |
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(B) immediate flight from the commission of a |
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felony offense; and |
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(2) the defendant: |
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(A) used or exhibited the deadly weapon; or |
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(B) was a party to the offense and knew that a |
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deadly weapon would be used or exhibited. |
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(c) On an affirmative finding regarding the use or |
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exhibition of a deadly weapon as described by Subsection (b), the |
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trial court shall enter the finding in the judgment of the court. |
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(d) On an affirmative finding that the deadly weapon under |
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Subsection (c) was a firearm, the court shall enter that finding in |
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its judgment. (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 42.12, Sec. 3g(a).) |
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Art. 42A.055. JURY-RECOMMENDED COMMUNITY SUPERVISION. (a) |
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A jury that imposes confinement as punishment for an offense may |
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recommend to the judge that the judge suspend the imposition of the |
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sentence and place the defendant on community supervision. A judge |
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shall suspend the imposition of the sentence and place the |
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defendant on community supervision if the jury makes that |
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recommendation in the verdict. |
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(b) A defendant is eligible for community supervision under |
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this article only if: |
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(1) before the trial begins, the defendant files a |
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written sworn motion with the judge that the defendant has not |
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previously been convicted of a felony in this or any other state; |
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and |
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(2) the jury enters in the verdict a finding that the |
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information contained in the defendant's motion is true. |
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(c) If the jury recommends to the judge that the judge place |
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the defendant on community supervision, the judge shall place the |
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defendant on community supervision for any period permitted under |
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Articles 42A.053(d) and (f), as appropriate. |
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(d) A judge may extend the maximum period of community |
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supervision in the manner provided by Article 42A.753 or 42A.757. |
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(Code Crim. Proc., Art. 42.12, Secs. 4(a), (b), (c), (d) (part), |
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(e).) |
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Art. 42A.056. LIMITATION ON JURY-RECOMMENDED COMMUNITY |
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SUPERVISION. A defendant is not eligible for community supervision |
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under Article 42A.055 if the defendant: |
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(1) is sentenced to a term of imprisonment that |
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exceeds 10 years; |
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(2) is convicted of a state jail felony for which |
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suspension of the imposition of the sentence occurs automatically |
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under Article 42A.551; |
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(3) is adjudged guilty of an offense under Section |
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19.02, Penal Code; |
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(4) is convicted of an offense under Section |
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21.11(a)(1), 22.011, or 22.021, Penal Code, if the victim of the |
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offense was younger than 14 years of age at the time the offense was |
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committed; |
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(5) is convicted of an offense under Section 20.04, |
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Penal Code, if: |
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(A) the victim of the offense was younger than 14 |
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years of age at the time the offense was committed; and |
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(B) the actor committed the offense with the |
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intent to violate or abuse the victim sexually; |
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(6) is convicted of an offense under Section 20A.02, |
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43.05, or 43.25, Penal Code; or |
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(7) is convicted of an offense for which punishment is |
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increased under Section 481.134(c), (d), (e), or (f), Health and |
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Safety Code, if it is shown that the defendant has been previously |
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convicted of an offense for which punishment was increased under |
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any of those subsections. (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 42.12, Sec. 4(d) |
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(part).) |
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Art. 42A.057. MINIMUM PERIOD OF COMMUNITY SUPERVISION FOR |
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CERTAIN BURGLARIES OF VEHICLES. The minimum period of community |
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supervision for an offense under Section 30.04, Penal Code, |
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punishable as a Class A misdemeanor with a minimum term of |
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confinement of six months is one year. (Code Crim. Proc., Art. |
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42.12, Secs. 3(h), 4(f).) |
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SUBCHAPTER C. DEFERRED ADJUDICATION COMMUNITY SUPERVISION |
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Art. 42A.101. PLACEMENT ON DEFERRED ADJUDICATION COMMUNITY |
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SUPERVISION. (a) Except as provided by Article 42A.102(b), if in |
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the judge's opinion the best interest of society and the defendant |
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will be served, the judge may, after receiving a plea of guilty or |
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nolo contendere, hearing the evidence, and finding that it |
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substantiates the defendant's guilt, defer further proceedings |
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without entering an adjudication of guilt and place the defendant |
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on deferred adjudication community supervision. |
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(b) After placing the defendant on deferred adjudication |
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community supervision under Subsection (a), the judge shall inform |
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the defendant orally or in writing of the possible consequences |
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under Articles 42A.108 and 42A.110 of a violation of a condition of |
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deferred adjudication community supervision. If the information is |
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provided orally, the judge must record and maintain the judge's |
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statement to the defendant. The failure of a judge to inform a |
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defendant of possible consequences under Articles 42A.108 and |
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42A.110 is not a ground for reversal unless the defendant shows that |
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the defendant was harmed by the failure of the judge to provide the |
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information. (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 42.12, Sec. 5(a) (part).) |
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Art. 42A.102. ELIGIBILITY FOR DEFERRED ADJUDICATION |
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COMMUNITY SUPERVISION. (a) A judge may place on deferred |
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adjudication community supervision a defendant charged with an |
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offense under Section 21.11, 22.011, or 22.021, Penal Code, |
|
regardless of the age of the victim, or a defendant charged with a |
|
felony described by Article 42A.453(b) only if the judge makes a |
|
finding in open court that placing the defendant on deferred |
|
adjudication community supervision is in the best interest of the |
|
victim. The failure of the judge to make a finding under this |
|
subsection is not grounds for the defendant to set aside the plea, |
|
deferred adjudication, or any subsequent conviction or sentence. |
|
(b) In all other cases, the judge may grant deferred |
|
adjudication community supervision unless: |
|
(1) the defendant is charged with an offense: |
|
(A) under Sections 49.04-49.08, Penal Code; or |
|
(B) for which punishment may be increased under |
|
Section 481.134(c), (d), (e), or (f), Health and Safety Code, if it |
|
is shown that the defendant has been previously convicted of an |
|
offense for which punishment was increased under any one of those |
|
subsections; |
|
(2) the defendant: |
|
(A) is charged with an offense under Section |
|
21.11, 22.011, or 22.021, Penal Code, regardless of the age of the |
|
victim, or a felony described by Article 42A.453(b); and |
|
(B) has previously been placed on community |
|
supervision for an offense under Paragraph (A); |
|
(3) the defendant is charged with an offense under: |
|
(A) Section 21.02, Penal Code; or |
|
(B) Section 22.021, Penal Code, that is |
|
punishable under Subsection (f) of that section or under Section |
|
12.42(c)(3) or (4), Penal Code; or |
|
(4) the defendant is charged with an offense under |
|
Section 19.02, Penal Code, except that the judge may grant deferred |
|
adjudication community supervision on determining that the |
|
defendant did not cause the death of the deceased, did not intend to |
|
kill the deceased or another, and did not anticipate that a human |
|
life would be taken. (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 42.12, Secs. 5(a) |
|
(part), (d).) |
|
Art. 42A.103. PERIOD OF DEFERRED ADJUDICATION COMMUNITY |
|
SUPERVISION. (a) In a felony case, the period of deferred |
|
adjudication community supervision may not exceed 10 years. For a |
|
defendant charged with a felony under Section 21.11, 22.011, or |
|
22.021, Penal Code, regardless of the age of the victim, and for a |
|
defendant charged with a felony described by Article 42A.453(b), |
|
the period of deferred adjudication community supervision may not |
|
be less than five years. |
|
(b) In a misdemeanor case, the period of deferred |
|
adjudication community supervision may not exceed two years. |
|
(c) A judge may extend the maximum period of deferred |
|
adjudication community supervision in the manner provided by |
|
Article 42A.753 or 42A.757. (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 42.12, Sec. |
|
5(a) (part).) |
|
Art. 42A.104. CONDITIONS OF DEFERRED ADJUDICATION |
|
COMMUNITY SUPERVISION; IMPOSITION OF FINE. (a) The judge may impose |
|
a fine applicable to the offense and require any reasonable |
|
condition of deferred adjudication community supervision that a |
|
judge could impose on a defendant placed on community supervision |
|
for a conviction that was probated and suspended, including: |
|
(1) confinement; and |
|
(2) mental health treatment under Article 42A.506. |
|
(b) The provisions of Subchapter L specifying whether a |
|
defendant convicted of a state jail felony is to be confined in a |
|
county jail or state jail felony facility and establishing the |
|
minimum and maximum terms of confinement as a condition of |
|
community supervision apply in the same manner to a defendant |
|
placed on deferred adjudication community supervision after |
|
pleading guilty or nolo contendere to a state jail felony. (Code |
|
Crim. Proc., Art. 42.12, Sec. 5(a) (part).) |
|
Art. 42A.105. AFFIRMATIVE FINDINGS. (a) If a judge places |
|
on deferred adjudication community supervision a defendant charged |
|
with a sexually violent offense, as defined by Article 62.001, the |
|
judge shall make an affirmative finding of fact and file a statement |
|
of that affirmative finding with the papers in the case if the judge |
|
determines that the victim or intended victim was younger than 14 |
|
years of age at the time of the offense. |
|
(b) If a judge places on deferred adjudication community |
|
supervision a defendant charged with an offense under Section |
|
20.02, 20.03, or 20.04, Penal Code, or an attempt, conspiracy, or |
|
solicitation to commit one of those offenses, the judge shall make |
|
an affirmative finding of fact and file a statement of that |
|
affirmative finding with the papers in the case if the judge |
|
determines that the victim or intended victim was younger than 17 |
|
years of age at the time of the offense. |
|
(c) If a judge places on deferred adjudication community |
|
supervision a defendant charged with an offense under Section 21.11 |
|
or 22.011, Penal Code, the judge shall make an affirmative finding |
|
of fact and file a statement of that affirmative finding with the |
|
papers in the case if the judge determines that: |
|
(1) at the time of the offense, the defendant was not |
|
more than four years older than the victim or intended victim and |
|
the victim or intended victim was at least 15 years of age; and |
|
(2) the charge to which the plea is entered under this |
|
subchapter is based solely on the ages of the defendant and the |
|
victim or intended victim at the time of the offense. |
|
(d) If a judge places a defendant on deferred adjudication |
|
community supervision, on the motion of the attorney representing |
|
the state the judge shall make an affirmative finding of fact and |
|
file a statement of that affirmative finding with the papers in the |
|
case if the judge determines that, regardless of whether the |
|
conduct at issue is the subject of the prosecution or part of the |
|
same criminal episode as the conduct that is the subject of the |
|
prosecution, a victim in the trial: |
|
(1) is or has been a victim of a severe form of |
|
trafficking in persons, as defined by 22 U.S.C. Section 7102(9); or |
|
(2) has suffered substantial physical or mental abuse |
|
as a result of having been a victim of criminal activity described |
|
by 8 U.S.C. Section 1101(a)(15)(U)(iii). |
|
(e) The part of the papers in the case containing an |
|
affirmative finding under Subsection (d): |
|
(1) must include specific information identifying the |
|
victim, as available; |
|
(2) may not include information identifying the |
|
victim's location; and |
|
(3) is confidential, unless written consent for the |
|
release of the affirmative finding is obtained from the victim or, |
|
if the victim is younger than 18 years of age, the victim's parent |
|
or guardian. (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 42.12, Secs. 5(e), (g), (i), |
|
(j).) |
|
Art. 42A.106. RECORD NOT CONFIDENTIAL; RIGHT TO PETITION |
|
FOR ORDER OF NONDISCLOSURE. (a) Except as provided by Section |
|
552.142, Government Code, a record in the custody of the court clerk |
|
regarding a case in which a defendant is granted deferred |
|
adjudication community supervision is not confidential. |
|
(b) Before placing a defendant on deferred adjudication |
|
community supervision, the court shall inform the defendant of the |
|
defendant's right to petition the court for an order of |
|
nondisclosure under Section 411.081, Government Code, unless the |
|
defendant is ineligible to pursue that right because of: |
|
(1) the nature of the offense for which the defendant |
|
is placed on deferred adjudication community supervision; or |
|
(2) the defendant's criminal history. (Code Crim. |
|
Proc., Art. 42.12, Secs. 5(a-1), (f).) |
|
Art. 42A.107. REQUEST FOR FINAL ADJUDICATION. On written |
|
motion of the defendant requesting final adjudication that is filed |
|
within 30 days after the entry of the defendant's plea and the |
|
deferment of adjudication, the judge shall proceed to final |
|
adjudication as in all other cases. (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 42.12, |
|
Sec. 5(a) (part).) |
|
Art. 42A.108. VIOLATION OF CONDITION OF DEFERRED |
|
ADJUDICATION COMMUNITY SUPERVISION; HEARING. (a) On violation of a |
|
condition of deferred adjudication community supervision imposed |
|
under Article 42A.104, the defendant may be arrested and detained |
|
as provided in Article 42A.751. |
|
(b) The defendant is entitled to a hearing limited to a |
|
determination by the court of whether the court will proceed with an |
|
adjudication of guilt on the original charge. The court may not |
|
proceed with an adjudication of guilt on the original charge if the |
|
court finds that the only evidence supporting the alleged violation |
|
of a condition of deferred adjudication community supervision is |
|
the uncorroborated results of a polygraph examination. The |
|
determination to proceed with an adjudication of guilt on the |
|
original charge is reviewable in the same manner as a revocation |
|
hearing conducted under Article 42A.751(d) in a case in which the |
|
adjudication of guilt was not deferred. |
|
(c) A court retains jurisdiction to hold a hearing under |
|
Subsection (b) and to proceed with an adjudication of guilt, |
|
regardless of whether the period of deferred adjudication community |
|
supervision imposed on the defendant has expired, if before the |
|
expiration of the supervision period: |
|
(1) the attorney representing the state files a motion |
|
to proceed with the adjudication; and |
|
(2) a capias is issued for the arrest of the defendant. |
|
(Code Crim. Proc., Art. 42.12, Secs. 5(b) (part), (h).) |
|
Art. 42A.109. DUE DILIGENCE DEFENSE. For the purposes of a |
|
hearing under Article 42A.108, it is an affirmative defense to |
|
revocation for an alleged violation based on a failure to report to |
|
a supervision officer as directed or to remain within a specified |
|
place that no supervision officer, peace officer, or other officer |
|
with the power of arrest under a warrant issued by a judge for that |
|
alleged violation contacted or attempted to contact the defendant |
|
in person at the defendant's last known residence address or last |
|
known employment address, as reflected in the files of the |
|
department serving the county in which the order of deferred |
|
adjudication community supervision was entered. (Code Crim. Proc., |
|
Art. 42.12, Sec. 24 (part).) |
|
Art. 42A.110. PROCEEDINGS AFTER ADJUDICATION. (a) After |
|
an adjudication of guilt, all proceedings, including assessment of |
|
punishment, pronouncement of sentence, granting of community |
|
supervision, and defendant's appeal, continue as if the |
|
adjudication of guilt had not been deferred. |
|
(b) A court assessing punishment after an adjudication of |
|
guilt of a defendant charged with a state jail felony may suspend |
|
the imposition of the sentence and place the defendant on community |
|
supervision or may order the sentence to be executed, regardless of |
|
whether the defendant has previously been convicted of a felony. |
|
(Code Crim. Proc., Art. 42.12, Sec. 5(b) (part).) |
|
Art. 42A.111. DISMISSAL AND DISCHARGE. (a) On expiration of |
|
a period of deferred adjudication community supervision imposed |
|
under this subchapter, if the judge has not proceeded to an |
|
adjudication of guilt, the judge shall dismiss the proceedings |
|
against the defendant and discharge the defendant. |
|
(b) The judge may dismiss the proceedings and discharge a |
|
defendant before the expiration of the period of deferred |
|
adjudication community supervision if, in the judge's opinion, the |
|
best interest of society and the defendant will be served, except |
|
that the judge may not dismiss the proceedings and discharge a |
|
defendant charged with an offense requiring the defendant to |
|
register as a sex offender under Chapter 62. |
|
(c) Except as provided by Section 12.42(g), Penal Code, a |
|
dismissal and discharge under this article may not be considered a |
|
conviction for the purposes of disqualifications or disabilities |
|
imposed by law for conviction of an offense. |
|
(d) For any defendant who receives a dismissal and discharge |
|
under this article: |
|
(1) on conviction of a subsequent offense, the fact |
|
that the defendant previously has received deferred adjudication |
|
community supervision is admissible before the court or jury for |
|
consideration on the issue of penalty; |
|
(2) if the defendant is an applicant for or the holder |
|
of a license under Chapter 42, Human Resources Code, the Department |
|
of Family and Protective Services may consider the fact that the |
|
defendant previously has received deferred adjudication community |
|
supervision in issuing, renewing, denying, or revoking a license |
|
under that chapter; and |
|
(3) if the defendant is an applicant for or the holder |
|
of a license to provide mental health or medical services for the |
|
rehabilitation of sex offenders, the Council on Sex Offender |
|
Treatment may consider the fact that the defendant previously has |
|
received deferred adjudication community supervision in issuing, |
|
renewing, denying, or revoking a license issued by that council. |
|
(e) A judge who dismisses the proceedings against a |
|
defendant and discharges the defendant under this article shall: |
|
(1) provide the defendant with a copy of the order of |
|
dismissal and discharge; and |
|
(2) if applicable, inform the defendant of the |
|
defendant's eligibility to petition the court for an order of |
|
nondisclosure under Section 411.081, Government Code, and the |
|
earliest date the defendant is eligible to file the petition for the |
|
order of nondisclosure. (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 42.12, Secs. 5(c), |
|
(c-1).) |
|
SUBCHAPTER D. JURISDICTION OVER CASE; GEOGRAPHICAL JURISDICTION |
|
Art. 42A.151. TRANSFER OF JURISDICTION. (a) After a |
|
defendant has been placed on community supervision, jurisdiction of |
|
the case may be transferred to a court of the same rank in this state |
|
that: |
|
(1) has geographical jurisdiction where the |
|
defendant: |
|
(A) resides; or |
|
(B) violates a condition of community |
|
supervision; and |
|
(2) consents to the transfer. |
|
(b) On transfer, the clerk of the court of original |
|
jurisdiction shall forward to the court accepting jurisdiction a |
|
transcript of any portion of the record as the transferring judge |
|
shall direct. The court accepting jurisdiction subsequently shall |
|
proceed as if the defendant's trial and conviction had occurred in |
|
that court. (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 42.12, Secs. 10(a) (part), |
|
(b).) |
|
Art. 42A.152. ISSUANCE OF WARRANT BY COURT HAVING |
|
GEOGRAPHICAL JURISDICTION. (a) A judge of a court having |
|
geographical jurisdiction where a defendant resides or where the |
|
defendant violates a condition of community supervision may issue a |
|
warrant for the defendant's arrest. |
|
(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the determination of |
|
the action to be taken after the defendant's arrest may be made only |
|
by the judge of the court having jurisdiction of the case at the |
|
time the action is taken. (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 42.12, Sec. |
|
10(c).) |
|
Art. 42A.153. CHANGE OF RESIDENCE WITHIN THE STATE. (a) |
|
If, for good and sufficient reasons, a defendant desires to change |
|
the defendant's residence within the state, the change may be |
|
effected by application to the supervising supervision officer. |
|
(b) The change of residence is subject to: |
|
(1) the judge's consent; and |
|
(2) any regulations the judge may require in the |
|
absence of a supervision officer in the locality to which the |
|
defendant is transferred. (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 42.12, Sec. |
|
17(a).) |
|
Art. 42A.154. LEAVING THE STATE. A defendant who leaves the |
|
state without permission of the judge having jurisdiction of the |
|
case is: |
|
(1) considered a fugitive from justice; and |
|
(2) subject to extradition as provided by law. (Code |
|
Crim. Proc., Art. 42.12, Sec. 17(b).) |
|
SUBCHAPTER E. PARTIAL EXECUTION OF SENTENCE; CONTINUING |
|
JURISDICTION |
|
Art. 42A.201. CONTINUING JURISDICTION IN MISDEMEANOR |
|
CASES. (a) For the purposes of this article, the jurisdiction of |
|
the courts in this state in which a sentence requiring confinement |
|
in a jail is imposed for conviction of a misdemeanor continues for |
|
180 days from the date the execution of the sentence actually |
|
begins. |
|
(b) The judge of a court that imposed a sentence requiring |
|
confinement in a jail for conviction of a misdemeanor may, on the |
|
judge's own motion, on the motion of the attorney representing the |
|
state, or on the written motion of the defendant, suspend further |
|
execution of the sentence and place the defendant on community |
|
supervision under the terms and conditions of this chapter if, in |
|
the opinion of the judge, the defendant would not benefit from |
|
further confinement. |
|
(c) When the defendant files a written motion with the court |
|
requesting suspension of further execution of the sentence and |
|
placement on community supervision or when requested to do so by the |
|
judge, the clerk of the court shall request a copy of the |
|
defendant's record while confined from the agency operating the |
|
jail in which the defendant is confined. On receipt of the request, |
|
the agency shall forward a copy of the record to the court as soon as |
|
possible. |
|
(d) The judge may deny the motion without holding a hearing |
|
but may not grant a motion without holding a hearing and allowing |
|
the attorney representing the state and the defendant to present |
|
evidence in the case. (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 42.12, Sec. 7.) |
|
Art. 42A.202. CONTINUING JURISDICTION IN FELONY CASES. (a) |
|
For the purposes of this article, the jurisdiction of a court |
|
imposing a sentence requiring imprisonment in the Texas Department |
|
of Criminal Justice for an offense other than a state jail felony |
|
continues for 180 days from the date the execution of the sentence |
|
actually begins. |
|
(b) Before the expiration of the 180-day period described by |
|
Subsection (a), the judge of the court that imposed the sentence |
|
described by that subsection may, on the judge's own motion, on the |
|
motion of the attorney representing the state, or on the written |
|
motion of the defendant, suspend further execution of the sentence |
|
and place the defendant on community supervision under the terms |
|
and conditions of this chapter if: |
|
(1) in the opinion of the judge, the defendant would |
|
not benefit from further imprisonment; |
|
(2) the defendant is otherwise eligible for community |
|
supervision under this chapter; and |
|
(3) the defendant had never before been incarcerated |
|
in a penitentiary serving a sentence for a felony. |
|
(c) When the defendant files a written motion requesting the |
|
judge to suspend further execution of the sentence and place the |
|
defendant on community supervision, the defendant shall |
|
immediately deliver or cause to be delivered a copy of the motion to |
|
the office of the attorney representing the state. |
|
(d) When the defendant or the attorney representing the |
|
state files a written motion requesting the judge to suspend |
|
further execution of the sentence and place the defendant on |
|
community supervision, and when requested to do so by the judge, the |
|
clerk of the court shall request a copy of the defendant's record |
|
while imprisoned from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice or, |
|
if the defendant is confined in county jail, from the sheriff. On |
|
receipt of the request, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice or |
|
the sheriff shall forward a copy of the record to the judge as soon |
|
as possible. |
|
(e) The judge may deny the motion without holding a hearing |
|
but may not grant the motion without holding a hearing and providing |
|
the attorney representing the state and the defendant the |
|
opportunity to present evidence on the motion. (Code Crim. Proc., |
|
Art. 42.12, Sec. 6.) |
|
Art. 42A.203. AUTHORITY TO SUSPEND EXECUTION OF SENTENCE IN |
|
FELONY CASES. (a) Except as otherwise provided by Subsection (b), |
|
only the judge who originally sentenced the defendant may suspend |
|
execution of the sentence and place the defendant on community |
|
supervision under Article 42A.202. |
|
(b) If the judge who originally sentenced the defendant is |
|
deceased or disabled or the office is vacant, and if a motion is |
|
filed in accordance with Article 42A.202, the clerk of the court |
|
shall promptly forward a copy of the motion to the presiding judge |
|
of the administrative judicial district for that court. The |
|
presiding judge may deny the motion without holding a hearing or may |
|
appoint a judge to hold a hearing on the motion. (Code Crim. Proc., |
|
Art. 42.12, Sec. 10(a) (part).) |
|
Art. 42A.204. PARTIAL EXECUTION OF SENTENCE: FIREARM USED |
|
OR EXHIBITED. (a) If in the trial of a felony of the second degree |
|
or higher there is an affirmative finding described by Article |
|
42A.054(d) and the jury recommends that the court place the |
|
defendant on community supervision, the court may order the |
|
defendant imprisoned in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice |
|
for not less than 60 and not more than 120 days. |
|
(b) At any time after the defendant has served 60 days in the |
|
custody of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, the sentencing |
|
judge, on the judge's own motion or on motion of the defendant, may |
|
order the defendant released to community supervision. |
|
(c) The department shall release the defendant to community |
|
supervision after the defendant has served 120 days. (Code Crim. |
|
Proc., Art. 42.12, Secs. 3g(b), 4(b) (part).) |
|
SUBCHAPTER F. PRESENTENCE AND POSTSENTENCE REPORTS AND EVALUATIONS |
|
Art. 42A.251. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: |
|
(1) "Council" means the Council on Sex Offender |
|
Treatment. |
|
(2) "Sex offender" means a person who has been |
|
convicted of, or has entered a plea of guilty or nolo contendere |
|
for, an offense under any one of the following provisions of the |
|
Penal Code: |
|
(A) Section 20.04(a)(4) (Aggravated Kidnapping), |
|
if the person committed the offense with the intent to violate or |
|
abuse the victim sexually; |
|
(B) Section 21.08 (Indecent Exposure); |
|
(C) Section 21.11 (Indecency with a Child); |
|
(D) Section 22.011 (Sexual Assault); |
|
(E) Section 22.021 (Aggravated Sexual Assault); |
|
(F) Section 25.02 (Prohibited Sexual Conduct); |
|
(G) Section 30.02 (Burglary), if: |
|
(i) the offense is punishable under |
|
Subsection (d) of that section; and |
|
(ii) the person committed the offense with |
|
the intent to commit a felony listed in this subdivision; |
|
(H) Section 43.25 (Sexual Performance by a |
|
Child); or |
|
(I) Section 43.26 (Possession or Promotion of |
|
Child Pornography). (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 42.12, Sec. 9A(a).) |
|
Art. 42A.252. PRESENTENCE REPORT REQUIRED. (a) Except as |
|
provided by Subsections (b) and (c), before the imposition of the |
|
sentence by a judge, the judge shall direct a supervision officer to |
|
prepare a presentence report for the judge. |
|
(b) The judge is not required to direct a supervision |
|
officer to prepare a presentence report in a misdemeanor case if: |
|
(1) the defendant requests that a report not be made |
|
and the judge agrees to the request; or |
|
(2) the judge: |
|
(A) finds that there is sufficient information in |
|
the record to permit the meaningful exercise of sentencing |
|
discretion; and |
|
(B) explains that finding on the record. |
|
(c) The judge is not required to direct a supervision |
|
officer to prepare a presentence report in a felony case if: |
|
(1) punishment is to be assessed by a jury; |
|
(2) the defendant is convicted of or enters a plea of |
|
guilty or nolo contendere to capital murder; |
|
(3) the only available punishment is imprisonment; or |
|
(4) the judge is informed that a plea bargain |
|
agreement exists, under which the defendant agrees to a punishment |
|
of imprisonment, and the judge intends to follow that agreement. |
|
(Code Crim. Proc., Art. 42.12, Secs. 9(a) (part), (b), (g).) |
|
Art. 42A.253. CONTENTS OF PRESENTENCE REPORT. (a) A |
|
presentence report must be in writing and include: |
|
(1) the circumstances of the offense with which the |
|
defendant is charged; |
|
(2) the amount of restitution necessary to adequately |
|
compensate a victim of the offense; |
|
(3) the criminal and social history of the defendant; |
|
(4) a proposed supervision plan describing programs |
|
and sanctions that the community supervision and corrections |
|
department will provide the defendant if the judge suspends the |
|
imposition of the sentence or grants deferred adjudication |
|
community supervision; |
|
(5) if the defendant is charged with a state jail |
|
felony, recommendations for conditions of community supervision |
|
that the community supervision and corrections department |
|
considers advisable or appropriate based on the circumstances of |
|
the offense and other factors addressed in the report; |
|
(6) the results of a psychological evaluation of the |
|
defendant that determines, at a minimum, the defendant's IQ and |
|
adaptive behavior score if the defendant: |
|
(A) is convicted of a felony offense; and |
|
(B) appears to the judge, through the judge's own |
|
observation or on the suggestion of a party, to have a mental |
|
impairment; |
|
(7) information regarding whether the defendant is a |
|
current or former member of the state military forces or whether the |
|
defendant currently serves or has previously served in the armed |
|
forces of the United States in an active-duty status and, if |
|
available, a copy of the defendant's military discharge papers and |
|
military records; |
|
(8) if the defendant has served in the armed forces of |
|
the United States in an active-duty status, a determination as to |
|
whether the defendant was deployed to a combat zone and whether the |
|
defendant may suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder or a |
|
traumatic brain injury; and |
|
(9) any other information relating to the defendant or |
|
the offense as requested by the judge. |
|
(b) A presentence report is not required to contain a |
|
sentencing recommendation. (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 42.12, Secs. |
|
9(a) (part), (i), (l).) |
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Art. 42A.254. INSPECTION BY JUDGE; DISCLOSURE OF CONTENTS. |
|
The judge may not inspect a presentence report and the contents of |
|
the report may not be disclosed to any person unless: |
|
(1) the defendant pleads guilty or nolo contendere or |
|
is convicted of the offense; or |
|
(2) the defendant, in writing, authorizes the judge to |
|
inspect the report. (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 42.12, Sec. 9(c).) |
|
Art. 42A.255. INSPECTION AND COMMENT BY DEFENDANT; ACCESS |
|
TO INFORMATION BY STATE. (a) Unless waived by the defendant, at |
|
least 48 hours before sentencing a defendant, the judge shall |
|
permit the defendant or the defendant's attorney to read the |
|
presentence report. |
|
(b) The judge shall allow the defendant or the defendant's |
|
attorney to comment on a presentence investigation or a |
|
postsentence report and, with the approval of the judge, introduce |
|
testimony or other information alleging a factual inaccuracy in the |
|
investigation or report. |
|
(c) The judge shall allow the attorney representing the |
|
state access to any information made available to the defendant |
|
under this article. (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 42.12, Secs. 9(d), (e), |
|
(f).) |
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Art. 42A.256. RELEASE OF INFORMATION TO SUPERVISION |
|
OFFICER; CONFIDENTIALITY OF REPORT. (a) The judge by order may |
|
direct that any information and records that are not privileged and |
|
that are relevant to a presentence or postsentence report be |
|
released to a supervision officer conducting a presentence |
|
investigation under this subchapter or preparing a postsentence |
|
report under Article 42A.259. The judge may also issue a subpoena |
|
to obtain that information. |
|
(b) A presentence or postsentence report and all |
|
information obtained in connection with a presentence |
|
investigation or postsentence report are confidential and may be |
|
released only as: |
|
(1) provided by: |
|
(A) Subsection (c); |
|
(B) Article 42A.255; |
|
(C) Article 42A.257; |
|
(D) Article 42A.259; or |
|
(E) Section 614.017, Health and Safety Code; or |
|
(2) directed by the judge for the effective |
|
supervision of the defendant. |
|
(c) If the defendant is a sex offender, a supervision |
|
officer may release information in a presentence or postsentence |
|
report concerning the social and criminal history of the defendant |
|
to a person who: |
|
(1) is licensed or certified in this state to provide |
|
mental health or medical services, including a: |
|
(A) physician; |
|
(B) psychiatrist; |
|
(C) psychologist; |
|
(D) licensed professional counselor; |
|
(E) licensed marriage and family therapist; or |
|
(F) certified social worker; and |
|
(2) provides mental health or medical services for the |
|
rehabilitation of the defendant. (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 42.12, |
|
Secs. 9(j), 9A(b).) |
|
Art. 42A.257. EVALUATION FOR PURPOSES OF ALCOHOL OR DRUG |
|
REHABILITATION. (a) The judge shall direct a supervision officer |
|
approved by the community supervision and corrections department or |
|
the judge, or a person, program, or other agency approved by the |
|
Department of State Health Services, to conduct an evaluation to |
|
determine the appropriateness of, and a course of conduct necessary |
|
for, alcohol or drug rehabilitation for a defendant and to report |
|
the results of that evaluation to the judge, if: |
|
(1) the judge determines that alcohol or drug abuse |
|
may have contributed to the commission of the offense; or |
|
(2) the case involves a second or subsequent offense |
|
under: |
|
(A) Section 49.04, Penal Code, if the offense was |
|
committed within five years of the date on which the most recent |
|
preceding offense was committed; or |
|
(B) Section 49.07 or 49.08, Penal Code, if the |
|
offense involved the operation of a motor vehicle and was committed |
|
within five years of the date on which the most recent preceding |
|
offense was committed. |
|
(b) The evaluation must be made: |
|
(1) after arrest and before conviction, if requested |
|
by the defendant; |
|
(2) after conviction and before sentencing, if the |
|
judge assesses punishment in the case; |
|
(3) after sentencing and before the entry of a final |
|
judgment, if the jury assesses punishment in the case; or |
|
(4) after community supervision is granted, if the |
|
evaluation is required as a condition of community supervision |
|
under Article 42A.402. (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 42.12, Sec. 9(h).) |
|
Art. 42A.258. EVALUATION FOR PURPOSES OF SEX OFFENDER |
|
TREATMENT, SPECIALIZED SUPERVISION, OR REHABILITATION. (a) If the |
|
defendant is a sex offender, the judge shall direct a supervision |
|
officer approved by the community supervision and corrections |
|
department or the judge, or a person, program, or other agency |
|
approved by the council, to: |
|
(1) evaluate the appropriateness of, and a course of |
|
conduct necessary for, treatment, specialized supervision, or |
|
rehabilitation of the defendant; and |
|
(2) report the results of the evaluation to the judge. |
|
(b) The judge may require the evaluation to use |
|
offense-specific standards of practice adopted by the council and |
|
may require the report to reflect those standards. |
|
(c) The evaluation must be made: |
|
(1) after arrest and before conviction, if requested |
|
by the defendant; or |
|
(2) after conviction and before the entry of a final |
|
judgment. (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 42.12, Sec. 9A(c).) |
|
Art. 42A.259. POSTSENTENCE REPORT. (a) If a presentence |
|
report in a felony case is not required under Article 42A.252(c), |
|
the judge may direct a supervision officer to prepare a |
|
postsentence report containing the same information that would have |
|
been required for the presentence report, other than a proposed |
|
supervision plan and any information that is reflected in the |
|
judgment. |
|
(b) If a postsentence report is ordered, the supervision |
|
officer shall send the report to the clerk of the court not later |
|
than the 30th day after the date on which sentence is pronounced or |
|
deferred adjudication community supervision is granted. The clerk |
|
shall deliver the postsentence report with the papers in the case to |
|
a designated officer of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, |
|
to the extent required by Section 8(a), Article 42.09. (Code Crim. |
|
Proc., Art. 42.12, Sec. 9(k).) |
|
SUBCHAPTER G. DISCRETIONARY CONDITIONS GENERALLY |
|
Art. 42A.301. BASIC DISCRETIONARY CONDITIONS. The judge of |
|
the court having jurisdiction of the case shall determine the |
|
conditions of community supervision. The judge may impose any |
|
reasonable condition that is designed to protect or restore the |
|
community, protect or restore the victim, or punish, rehabilitate, |
|
or reform the defendant. 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, 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) reimburse the county in which the prosecution was |
|
instituted as follows: |
|
(A) if counsel was appointed, an amount for |
|
compensation paid to appointed counsel for defending the defendant |
|
in the case; or |
|
(B) if the defendant was represented by a public |
|
defender's office, an amount that would have 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: |
|
(i) the facility for room and board; and |
|
(ii) the defendant's dependents for their |
|
support during the period of custodial supervision; |
|
(13) submit to testing for alcohol or controlled |
|
substances; |
|
(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; |
|
(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 56.32, 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) pay 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) make one payment 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; |
|
(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; and |
|
(23) reimburse the county in which the prosecution was |
|
instituted for compensation paid to any interpreter in the case. |
|
(Code Crim. Proc., Art. 42.12, Sec. 11(a) (part).) |
|
Art. 42A.302. CONFINEMENT. (a) If a judge having |
|
jurisdiction of a case requires as a condition of community |
|
supervision that the defendant submit to a term of confinement in a |
|
county jail, the term of confinement may not exceed: |
|
(1) 30 days, in a misdemeanor case; or |
|
(2) 180 days, in a felony case. |
|
(b) A judge who requires as a condition of community |
|
supervision that the defendant serve a term of confinement in a |
|
community corrections facility under Subchapter M may not impose a |
|
term of confinement under this article that, if added to the term |
|
imposed under Subchapter M, exceeds 24 months. |
|
(c) A judge may impose a term of confinement as a condition |
|
of community supervision under this article on placing the |
|
defendant on supervision or at any time during the supervision |
|
period. The judge may impose terms of confinement as a condition of |
|
community supervision in increments smaller than the maximum terms |
|
provided by Subsection (a), except that the judge may not impose |
|
terms of confinement that, if added together, exceed the maximum |
|
terms provided by Subsection (a). (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 42.12, |
|
Sec. 12.) |
|
Art. 42A.303. SUBSTANCE ABUSE FELONY PROGRAM. (a) If a |
|
court places a defendant on community supervision under any |
|
provision of this chapter as an alternative to imprisonment, the |
|
judge may require as a condition of community supervision that the |
|
defendant serve a term of confinement and treatment in a substance |
|
abuse felony punishment facility operated by the Texas Department |
|
of Criminal Justice under Section 493.009, Government Code. |
|
(b) A term of confinement and treatment imposed under this |
|
article must be an indeterminate term of not more than one year or |
|
less than 90 days. |
|
(c) The judge may impose the condition of community |
|
supervision described by this article if: |
|
(1) the defendant is charged with or convicted of a |
|
felony other than: |
|
(A) a felony under Section 21.11, 22.011, or |
|
22.021, Penal Code; or |
|
(B) criminal attempt of a felony under Section |
|
21.11, 22.011, or 22.021, Penal Code; and |
|
(2) the judge makes an affirmative finding that: |
|
(A) drug or alcohol abuse significantly |
|
contributed to the commission of the offense or violation of a |
|
condition of community supervision, as applicable; and |
|
(B) the defendant is a suitable candidate for |
|
treatment, as determined by the suitability criteria established by |
|
the Texas Board of Criminal Justice under Section 493.009(b), |
|
Government Code. |
|
(d) If a judge requires as a condition of community |
|
supervision that the defendant serve a term of confinement and |
|
treatment in a substance abuse felony punishment facility under |
|
this article, the judge shall also require as a condition of |
|
community supervision that on release from the facility the |
|
defendant: |
|
(1) participate in a drug or alcohol abuse continuum |
|
of care treatment plan; and |
|
(2) pay a fee in an amount established by the judge for |
|
residential aftercare required as part of the treatment plan. |
|
(e) The Department of State Health Services shall develop |
|
the continuum of care treatment plan described by Subsection |
|
(d)(1). |
|
(f) The clerk of a court that collects a fee imposed under |
|
Subsection (d)(2) shall deposit the fee to be sent to the |
|
comptroller as provided by Subchapter B, Chapter 133, Local |
|
Government Code, and the comptroller shall deposit the fee into the |
|
general revenue fund. If the clerk does not collect a fee imposed |
|
under Subsection (d)(2), the clerk is not required to file any |
|
report required by the comptroller that relates to the collection |
|
of the fee. In establishing the amount of a fee under Subsection |
|
(d)(2), the judge shall consider fines, fees, and other necessary |
|
expenses for which the defendant is obligated. The judge may not: |
|
(1) establish the fee in an amount that is greater than |
|
25 percent of the defendant's gross income while the defendant is a |
|
participant in residential aftercare; or |
|
(2) require the defendant to pay the fee at any time |
|
other than a time at which the defendant is both employed and a |
|
participant in residential aftercare. (Code Crim. Proc., Art. |
|
42.12, Sec. 14, as amended Acts 73rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 900; Acts 74th |
|
Leg., R.S., Chs. 76, 321; Acts 76th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1188; Acts 78th |
|
Leg., R.S., Chs. 209, 1310.) |
|
Art. 42A.304. COMMUNITY SERVICE. (a) A judge may require |
|
as a condition of community supervision that the defendant work a |
|
specified number of hours at one or more community service projects |
|
for one or more organizations approved by the judge and designated |
|
by the department. The judge may not require the defendant to work |
|
at a community service project if, as determined and noted on the |
|
community supervision order by the judge: |
|
(1) the defendant is physically or mentally incapable |
|
of participating in the project; |
|
(2) participating in the project will cause a hardship |
|
to the defendant or to the defendant's dependents; |
|
(3) the defendant is to be confined in a substance |
|
abuse felony punishment facility as a condition of community |
|
supervision; or |
|
(4) there is other good cause shown. |
|
(b) The amount of community service work ordered by the |
|
judge may not exceed: |
|
(1) 1,000 hours for an offense classified as a first |
|
degree felony; |
|
(2) 800 hours for an offense classified as a second |
|
degree felony; |
|
(3) 600 hours for: |
|
(A) an offense classified as a third degree |
|
felony; or |
|
(B) an offense under Section 30.04, Penal Code, |
|
classified as a Class A misdemeanor; |
|
(4) 400 hours for an offense classified as a state jail |
|
felony; |
|
(5) 200 hours for: |
|
(A) an offense classified as a Class A |
|
misdemeanor, other than an offense described by Subdivision (3)(B); |
|
or |
|
(B) a misdemeanor for which the maximum |
|
permissible confinement, if any, exceeds six months or the maximum |
|
permissible fine, if any, exceeds $4,000; and |
|
(6) 100 hours for: |
|
(A) an offense classified as a Class B |
|
misdemeanor; or |
|
(B) a misdemeanor for which the maximum |
|
permissible confinement, if any, does not exceed six months and the |
|
maximum permissible fine, if any, does not exceed $4,000. |
|
(c) A defendant required to perform community service under |
|
this article is not a state employee for the purposes of Chapter 501 |
|
or 504, Labor Code. |
|
(d) If the court makes an affirmative finding under Article |
|
42.014, the judge may order the defendant to perform community |
|
service under this article at a project designated by the judge that |
|
primarily serves the person or group who was the target of the |
|
defendant. If the judge orders community service under this |
|
subsection, the judge shall order the defendant to perform not less |
|
than: |
|
(1) 300 hours of service if the offense is classified |
|
as a felony; or |
|
(2) 100 hours of service if the offense is classified |
|
as a misdemeanor. |
|
(e) A defendant required to perform community service under |
|
this article after conviction of an offense under Section 352.082, |
|
Local Government Code, shall perform 60 hours of service. The |
|
community service must consist of picking up litter in the county in |
|
which the defendant resides or working at a recycling facility if a |
|
program for performing that type of service is available in the |
|
community in which the court is located. |
|
(f) The judge may order a defendant to make a specified |
|
donation to a nonprofit food bank or food pantry in the community in |
|
which the defendant resides instead of requiring the defendant to |
|
work a specified number of hours at one or more community service |
|
projects under Subsection (a). (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 42.12, |
|
Secs. 16(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f).) |
|
Art. 42A.305. COMMUNITY OUTREACH. (a) This article |
|
applies only to a defendant placed on community supervision for an |
|
offense involving the possession, manufacture, or delivery of a |
|
controlled substance under Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code. |
|
(b) If a judge orders a defendant to whom this article |
|
applies to perform community service, the judge may authorize the |
|
defendant to perform not more than 30 hours of community outreach |
|
under this article instead of performing hours of community |
|
service. |
|
(c) Community outreach under this article must consist of |
|
working with a secondary school at the direction of the judge to |
|
educate students on the dangers and legal consequences of |
|
possessing, manufacturing, or delivering a controlled substance. |
|
(d) A secondary school is not required to allow a defendant |
|
to perform community outreach at that school. |
|
(e) The judge may not authorize the defendant to perform |
|
hours of community outreach under this article instead of |
|
performing hours of community service if: |
|
(1) the defendant is physically or mentally incapable |
|
of participating in community outreach; or |
|
(2) the defendant is subject to registration as a sex |
|
offender under Chapter 62. (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 42.12, Sec. |
|
16(g).) |
|
Art. 42A.306. SUPERVISION OF DEFENDANT FROM OUT OF STATE. A |
|
judge who receives a defendant for supervision as authorized by |
|
Section 510.017, Government Code, may impose on the defendant any |
|
term of community supervision authorized by this chapter. (Code |
|
Crim. Proc., Art. 42.12, Sec. 19(c) (part).) |
|
Art. 42A.307. ORCHIECTOMY PROHIBITED. A judge may not |
|
require a defendant to undergo an orchiectomy as a condition of |
|
community supervision. (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 42.12, Sec. 11(f).) |
|
SUBCHAPTER H. MANDATORY CONDITIONS GENERALLY |
|
Art. 42A.351. EDUCATIONAL SKILL LEVEL. (a) If the judge or |
|
jury places a defendant on community supervision, the judge shall |
|
require the defendant to demonstrate to the court whether the |
|
defendant has an educational skill level that is equal to or greater |
|
than the average educational skill level of students who have |
|
completed the sixth grade in public schools in this state. |
|
(b) If the judge determines that the defendant has not |
|
attained the educational skill level described by Subsection (a), |
|
the judge shall require as a condition of community supervision |
|
that the defendant attain that level of educational skill, unless |
|
the judge also determines that the defendant lacks the intellectual |
|
capacity or the learning ability to ever achieve that level of |
|
educational skill. (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 42.12, Sec. 11(c).) |
|
Art. 42A.352. DNA SAMPLE. A judge granting community |
|
supervision to a defendant convicted of a felony shall require as a |
|
condition of community supervision that the defendant provide a DNA |
|
sample under Subchapter G, Chapter 411, Government Code, for the |
|
purpose of creating a DNA record of the defendant, unless the |
|
defendant has already submitted the required sample under other |
|
state law. (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 42.12, Sec. 11(j).) |
|
SUBCHAPTER I. CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TO CERTAIN INTOXICATION |
|
OFFENSES |
|
Art. 42A.401. CONFINEMENT AS CONDITION OF COMMUNITY |
|
SUPERVISION FOR CERTAIN INTOXICATION OFFENSES. (a) A judge |
|
granting community supervision to a defendant convicted of an |
|
offense under Chapter 49, Penal Code, shall require as a condition |
|
of community supervision that the defendant submit to: |
|
(1) not less than 72 hours of continuous confinement |
|
in county jail if the defendant was punished under Section |
|
49.09(a), Penal Code; |
|
(2) not less than five days of confinement in county |
|
jail if the defendant was punished under Section 49.09(a), Penal |
|
Code, and was subject to Section 49.09(h), Penal Code; |
|
(3) not less than 10 days of confinement in county jail |
|
if the defendant was punished under Section 49.09(b), Penal Code; |
|
(4) not less than 30 days of confinement in county jail |
|
if the defendant was convicted of an offense under Section 49.07, |
|
Penal Code; or |
|
(5) a term of confinement of not less than 120 days if |
|
the defendant was convicted of an offense under Section 49.08, |
|
Penal Code. |
|
(b) If a sentence of confinement is imposed on the |
|
revocation of community supervision, the term of confinement served |
|
under Subsection (a) may not be credited toward completion of the |
|
sentence imposed. (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 42.12, Secs. 13(a) |
|
(part), (b), (e).) |
|
Art. 42A.402. DRUG OR ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE EVALUATION AND |
|
REHABILITATION. (a) A judge granting community supervision to a |
|
defendant convicted of an offense under Chapter 49, Penal Code, |
|
shall require as a condition of community supervision that the |
|
defendant submit to an evaluation by a supervision officer or by a |
|
person, program, or facility approved by the Department of State |
|
Health Services for the purpose of having the facility prescribe |
|
and carry out a course of conduct necessary for the rehabilitation |
|
of the defendant's drug or alcohol dependence condition. |
|
(b) If the director of a facility to which a defendant is |
|
referred under Subsection (a) determines that the defendant is not |
|
making a good faith effort to participate in a program of |
|
rehabilitation, the director shall notify the judge who referred |
|
the defendant to the facility of that determination. |
|
(c) If a judge requires as a condition of community |
|
supervision that the defendant participate in a prescribed course |
|
of conduct necessary for the rehabilitation of the defendant's drug |
|
or alcohol dependence condition, the judge shall require that the |
|
defendant pay for all or part of the cost of the rehabilitation |
|
based on the defendant's ability to pay. The judge, in the judge's |
|
discretion, may credit against the fine assessed the cost paid by |
|
the defendant. In determining a defendant's ability to pay the cost |
|
of rehabilitation under this subsection, the judge shall consider |
|
whether the defendant has insurance coverage that will pay for |
|
rehabilitation. |
|
(d) A judge who grants community supervision to a defendant |
|
convicted of an offense under Sections 49.04-49.08, Penal Code, |
|
shall require, if the defendant has not submitted to an evaluation |
|
under Article 42A.257 before receiving community supervision, that |
|
the defendant submit to the evaluation as a condition of community |
|
supervision. If the evaluation indicates to the judge that the |
|
defendant needs treatment for drug or alcohol dependency, the judge |
|
shall require the defendant to submit to that treatment as a |
|
condition of community supervision in a program or facility that: |
|
(1) is approved or licensed by the Department of State |
|
Health Services; or |
|
(2) complies with standards established by the |
|
community justice assistance division of the Texas Department of |
|
Criminal Justice, after consultation by the division with the |
|
Department of State Health Services. (Code Crim. Proc., Art. |
|
42.12, Secs. 13(a) (part), (c), (d), (f).) |
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Art. 42A.403. EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM FOR CERTAIN INTOXICATION |
|
OFFENDERS; WAIVER OR EXTENSION OF TIME. (a) A judge who places on |
|
community supervision a defendant convicted of an offense under |
|
Sections 49.04-49.08, Penal Code, shall require as a condition of |
|
community supervision that the defendant attend and successfully |
|
complete, before the 181st day after the date community supervision |
|
is granted, an educational program designed to rehabilitate persons |
|
who have driven while intoxicated that is jointly approved by: |
|
(1) the Department of State Health Services; |
|
(2) the Department of Public Safety; |
|
(3) the traffic safety section of the traffic |
|
operations division of the Texas Department of Transportation; and |
|
(4) the community justice assistance division of the |
|
Texas Department of Criminal Justice. |
|
(b) This article does not apply to a defendant if a jury |
|
recommends community supervision for the defendant and also |
|
recommends that the defendant's driver's license not be suspended. |
|
(c) If the defendant by a motion in writing shows good |
|
cause, the judge may: |
|
(1) waive the educational program requirement; or |
|
(2) to enable the defendant to successfully complete |
|
the program, grant an extension of time that expires not later than |
|
the first anniversary of the beginning date of the defendant's |
|
community supervision. |
|
(d) In determining good cause, the judge may consider but is |
|
not limited to: |
|
(1) the defendant's school and work schedule; |
|
(2) the defendant's health; |
|
(3) the distance that the defendant must travel to |
|
attend an educational program; and |
|
(4) the fact that the defendant resides out of state, |
|
does not have a valid driver's license, or does not have access to |
|
transportation. |
|
(e) The judge shall set out the finding of good cause for |
|
waiver in the judgment. (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 42.12, Sec. 13(h) |
|
(part).) |
|
Art. 42A.404. EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM FOR CERTAIN REPEAT |
|
INTOXICATION OFFENDERS; WAIVER. (a) The judge shall require a |
|
defendant who is punished under Section 49.09, Penal Code, to |
|
attend and successfully complete as a condition of community |
|
supervision an educational program for repeat offenders that is |
|
approved by the Department of State Health Services. |
|
(b) The judge may waive the educational program requirement |
|
only if the defendant by a motion in writing shows good cause. In |
|
determining good cause, the judge may consider: |
|
(1) the defendant's school and work schedule; |
|
(2) the defendant's health; |
|
(3) the distance that the defendant must travel to |
|
attend an educational program; and |
|
(4) whether the defendant resides out of state or does |
|
not have access to transportation. |
|
(c) The judge shall set out the finding of good cause in the |
|
judgment. (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 42.12, Sec. 13(j) (part).) |
|
Art. 42A.405. RULES FOR AND ADMINISTRATION OF EDUCATIONAL |
|
PROGRAMS. (a) The Health and Human Services Commission shall adopt |
|
rules for the educational program under Article 42A.404. |
|
(b) The Department of State Health Services shall: |
|
(1) publish the jointly approved rules for the |
|
educational program under Article 42A.403; and |
|
(2) monitor, coordinate, and provide training to |
|
persons providing the educational programs under this subchapter. |
|
(c) The Department of State Health Services is responsible |
|
for the administration of the certification of approved educational |
|
programs. |
|
(d) The Department of State Health Services may charge a |
|
nonrefundable application fee for the initial certification of |
|
approval or for a renewal of the certification. (Code Crim. Proc., |
|
Art. 42.12, Secs. 13(h) (part), (j) (part).) |
|
Art. 42A.406. EFFECT OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS ON |
|
DRIVING RECORD AND LICENSE. (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, 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) On the defendant's successful completion of an |
|
educational program under Article 42A.403 or 42A.404, the |
|
defendant's instructor shall give notice to the Department of |
|
Public Safety for inclusion in the defendant's driving record and |
|
to the community supervision and corrections department. The |
|
community supervision and corrections department shall forward the |
|
notice to the court clerk for filing. |
|
(c) If the Department of Public Safety does not receive |
|
notice that a defendant required to complete an educational program |
|
has successfully completed the program within the period required |
|
by the judge under this subchapter, as shown on department records, |
|
the department, as provided by Sections 521.344(e) and (f), |
|
Transportation Code, shall: |
|
(1) revoke the defendant's driver's license; or |
|
(2) prohibit the defendant from obtaining a license. |
|
(d) The Department of Public Safety may not reinstate a |
|
license revoked under Subsection (c) as the result of an |
|
educational program requirement imposed under Article 42A.403 |
|
unless the defendant whose license was revoked applies to the |
|
department for reinstatement of the license and pays to the |
|
department a reinstatement fee of $100. The Department of Public |
|
Safety shall remit all fees collected under this subsection to the |
|
comptroller for deposit in the general revenue fund. (Code Crim. |
|
Proc., Art. 42.12, Secs. 13(h) (part), (j) (part).) |
|
Art. 42A.407. SUSPENSION OF DRIVER'S LICENSE. (a) A jury |
|
that recommends community supervision for a defendant convicted of |
|
an offense under Sections 49.04-49.08, Penal Code, may recommend |
|
that any driver's license issued to the defendant under Chapter |
|
521, Transportation Code, not be suspended. This subsection does |
|
not apply to a defendant punished under Section 49.09(a) or (b), |
|
Penal Code, and subject to Section 49.09(h), Penal Code. |
|
(b) Notwithstanding Sections 521.344(d)-(i), |
|
Transportation Code, if under Article 42A.404 the judge requires a |
|
defendant punished under Section 49.09, Penal Code, to attend an |
|
educational program as a condition of community supervision, or |
|
waives the required attendance for the program, and the defendant |
|
has previously been required to attend such an educational program, |
|
or the required attendance at the program had been waived, the judge |
|
shall order the suspension of the defendant's driver's license for a |
|
period determined by the judge according to the following schedule: |
|
(1) not less than 90 days or more than one year, if the |
|
defendant is convicted under Sections 49.04-49.08, Penal Code; |
|
(2) not less than 180 days or more than two years, if |
|
the defendant is punished under Section 49.09(a) or (b), Penal |
|
Code; or |
|
(3) not less than one year or more than two years, if |
|
the defendant is convicted of a second or subsequent offense under |
|
Sections 49.04-49.08, Penal Code, committed within five years of |
|
the date on which the most recent preceding offense was committed. |
|
(c) If the Department of Public Safety receives notice that |
|
a defendant has been required to attend a subsequent educational |
|
program under Article 42A.403 or 42A.404, although the previously |
|
required attendance had been waived, but the judge has not ordered a |
|
period of suspension, the department shall: |
|
(1) suspend the defendant's driver's license; or |
|
(2) issue an order prohibiting the defendant from |
|
obtaining a license for a period of one year. |
|
(d) The judge shall suspend the defendant's driver's license |
|
for a period provided under Subchapter O, Chapter 521, |
|
Transportation Code, if: |
|
(1) a judge revokes the community supervision of the |
|
defendant for: |
|
(A) an offense under Section 49.04, Penal Code; |
|
or |
|
(B) an offense involving the operation of a motor |
|
vehicle under Section 49.07, Penal Code; and |
|
(2) the license has not previously been ordered by the |
|
judge to be suspended, or the suspension was previously probated. |
|
(e) The suspension of a defendant's driver's license under |
|
Subsection (d) shall be reported to the Department of Public Safety |
|
as provided under Section 521.347, Transportation Code. |
|
(f) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter |
|
or other law, a judge who places on community supervision a |
|
defendant who was younger than 21 years of age at the time of the |
|
offense and was convicted for an offense under Sections |
|
49.04-49.08, Penal Code, shall order that the defendant's driver's |
|
license be suspended for 90 days beginning on the date the defendant |
|
is placed on community supervision. (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 42.12, |
|
Secs. 13(g), (k), (l), (m), (n) (part).) |
|
Art. 42A.408. USE OF IGNITION INTERLOCK DEVICE. (a) In |
|
this article, "ignition interlock device" means a device that uses |
|
a deep-lung breath analysis mechanism to make impractical the |
|
operation of the motor vehicle if ethyl alcohol is detected in the |
|
breath of the operator. |
|
(b) The court may require as a condition of community |
|
supervision that a defendant placed on community supervision after |
|
conviction of an offense under Sections 49.04-49.08, Penal Code, |
|
have an ignition interlock device installed on the motor vehicle |
|
owned by the defendant or on the vehicle most regularly driven by |
|
the defendant and that the defendant not operate any motor vehicle |
|
that is not equipped with that device. |
|
(c) The court shall require as a condition of community |
|
supervision that a defendant described by Subsection (b) have an |
|
ignition interlock device installed on the motor vehicle owned by |
|
the defendant or on the vehicle most regularly driven by the |
|
defendant and that the defendant not operate any motor vehicle |
|
unless the vehicle is equipped with that device if: |
|
(1) it is shown on the trial of the offense that an |
|
analysis of a specimen of the defendant's blood, breath, or urine |
|
showed an alcohol concentration level of 0.15 or more at the time |
|
the analysis was performed; |
|
(2) the defendant is placed on community supervision |
|
after conviction of an offense under Sections 49.04-49.06, Penal |
|
Code, for which the defendant is punished under Section 49.09(a) or |
|
(b), Penal Code; or |
|
(3) the court determines under Subsection (d) that the |
|
defendant has one or more previous convictions under Sections |
|
49.04-49.08, Penal Code. |
|
(d) Before placing on community supervision a defendant |
|
convicted of an offense under Sections 49.04-49.08, Penal Code, the |
|
court shall determine from criminal history record information |
|
maintained by the Department of Public Safety whether the defendant |
|
has one or more previous convictions under any of those sections. A |
|
previous conviction may not be used for purposes of restricting a |
|
defendant to the operation of a motor vehicle equipped with an |
|
ignition interlock device under Subsection (c) if: |
|
(1) the previous conviction was a final conviction |
|
under Section 49.04, 49.045, 49.05, 49.06, 49.07, or 49.08, Penal |
|
Code, and was for an offense committed before the beginning of the |
|
10-year period preceding the date of the instant offense for which |
|
the defendant was convicted and placed on community supervision; |
|
and |
|
(2) the defendant has not been convicted of an offense |
|
under Section 49.04, 49.045, 49.05, 49.06, 49.07, or 49.08, Penal |
|
Code, committed within the 10-year period preceding the date of the |
|
instant offense for which the defendant was convicted and placed on |
|
community supervision. |
|
(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter |
|
or other law, a judge who places on community supervision a |
|
defendant who was younger than 21 years of age at the time of the |
|
offense and was convicted for an offense under Sections |
|
49.04-49.08, Penal Code, shall require as a condition of community |
|
supervision that the defendant not operate any motor vehicle unless |
|
the vehicle is equipped with an ignition interlock device. |
|
(f) The court shall require the defendant to obtain an |
|
ignition interlock device at the defendant's own cost before the |
|
30th day after the date of conviction unless the court finds that to |
|
do so would not be in the best interest of justice and enters its |
|
findings on record. The court shall require the defendant to |
|
provide evidence to the court within the 30-day period that the |
|
device has been installed on the appropriate vehicle and order the |
|
device to remain installed on that vehicle for a period the length |
|
of which is not less than 50 percent of the supervision period. If |
|
the court determines the defendant is unable to pay for the ignition |
|
interlock device, the court may impose a reasonable payment |
|
schedule not to exceed twice the length of the period of the court's |
|
order. |
|
(g) The Department of Public Safety shall approve ignition |
|
interlock devices for use under this article. Section 521.247, |
|
Transportation Code, applies to the approval of a device under this |
|
article and the consequences of that approval. |
|
(h) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, |
|
if a defendant is required to operate a motor vehicle in the course |
|
and scope of the defendant's employment and if the vehicle is owned |
|
by the employer, the defendant may operate that vehicle without |
|
installation of an approved ignition interlock device if the |
|
employer has been notified of that driving privilege restriction |
|
and if proof of that notification is with the vehicle. The |
|
employment exemption does not apply if the business entity that |
|
owns the vehicle is owned or controlled by the defendant. (Code |
|
Crim. Proc., Art. 42.12, Secs. 13(i) (part), (n) (part).) |
|
Art. 42A.409. COMMUNITY SUPERVISION FOR ENHANCED PUBLIC |
|
INTOXICATION OFFENSE. (a) On conviction of an offense punishable |
|
as a Class C misdemeanor under Section 49.02, Penal Code, for which |
|
punishment is enhanced under Section 12.43(c), Penal Code, based on |
|
previous convictions under Section 49.02 or 42.01, Penal Code, the |
|
court may suspend the imposition of the sentence and place the |
|
defendant on community supervision if the court finds that the |
|
defendant would benefit from community supervision and enters its |
|
finding on the record. The judge may suspend in whole or in part the |
|
imposition of any fine imposed on conviction. |
|
(b) All provisions of this chapter applying to a defendant |
|
placed on community supervision for a misdemeanor apply to a |
|
defendant placed on community supervision under Subsection (a), |
|
except that the court shall require the defendant as a condition of |
|
community supervision to: |
|
(1) submit to diagnostic testing for addiction to |
|
alcohol or a controlled substance or drug; |
|
(2) submit to a psychological assessment; |
|
(3) if indicated as necessary by testing and |
|
assessment, participate in an alcohol or drug abuse treatment or |
|
education program; and |
|
(4) pay the costs of testing, assessment, and |
|
treatment or education, either directly or as a court cost. (Code |
|
Crim. Proc., Art. 42.12, Sec. 15A.) |
|
SUBCHAPTER J. CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TO SEX OFFENDERS |
|
Art. 42A.451. SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION; DNA SAMPLE. A |
|
judge granting community supervision to a defendant required to |
|
register as a sex offender under Chapter 62 shall require that the |
|
defendant, as a condition of community supervision: |
|
(1) register under that chapter; and |
|
(2) 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, unless the |
|
defendant has already submitted the required sample under other |
|
state law. (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 42.12, Sec. 11(e).) |
|
Art. 42A.452. TREATMENT, SPECIALIZED SUPERVISION, OR |
|
REHABILITATION. A judge who grants community supervision to a sex |
|
offender evaluated under Article 42A.258 may require the sex |
|
offender as a condition of community supervision to submit to |
|
treatment, specialized supervision, or rehabilitation according to |
|
offense-specific standards of practice adopted by the Council on |
|
Sex Offender Treatment. On a finding that the defendant is |
|
financially able to make payment, the judge shall require the |
|
defendant to pay all or part of the reasonable and necessary costs |
|
of the treatment, supervision, or rehabilitation. (Code Crim. |
|
Proc., Art. 42.12, Sec. 11(i).) |
|
Art. 42A.453. CHILD SAFETY ZONE. (a) In this article, |
|
"playground," "premises," "school," "video arcade facility," and |
|
"youth center" have the meanings assigned by Section 481.134, |
|
Health and Safety Code. |
|
(b) This article applies to a defendant placed on community |
|
supervision for an offense under: |
|
(1) Section 20.04(a)(4), Penal Code, if the defendant |
|
committed the offense with the intent to violate or abuse the victim |
|
sexually; |
|
(2) Section 20A.02, Penal Code, if the defendant: |
|
(A) trafficked the victim with the intent or |
|
knowledge that the victim would engage in sexual conduct, as |
|
defined by Section 43.25, Penal Code; or |
|
(B) benefited from participating in a venture |
|
that involved a trafficked victim engaging in sexual conduct, as |
|
defined by Section 43.25, Penal Code; |
|
(3) Section 21.08, 21.11, 22.011, 22.021, or 25.02, |
|
Penal Code; |
|
(4) Section 30.02, Penal Code, punishable under |
|
Subsection (d) of that section, if the defendant committed the |
|
offense with the intent to commit a felony listed in Subdivision (1) |
|
or (3); or |
|
(5) Section 43.05(a)(2), 43.25, or 43.26, Penal Code. |
|
(c) If a judge grants community supervision to a defendant |
|
described by Subsection (b) and the judge determines that a child as |
|
defined by Section 22.011(c), Penal Code, was the victim of the |
|
offense, the judge shall establish a child safety zone applicable |
|
to the defendant by requiring as a condition of community |
|
supervision that the defendant: |
|
(1) not: |
|
(A) supervise or participate in any program that: |
|
(i) includes as participants or recipients |
|
persons who are 17 years of age or younger; and |
|
(ii) regularly provides athletic, civic, or |
|
cultural activities; or |
|
(B) go in, on, or within 1,000 feet of a premises |
|
where children commonly gather, including a school, day-care |
|
facility, playground, public or private youth center, public |
|
swimming pool, or video arcade facility; and |
|
(2) attend psychological counseling sessions for sex |
|
offenders with an individual or organization that provides sex |
|
offender treatment or counseling as specified or approved by the |
|
judge or the defendant's supervision officer. |
|
(d) Notwithstanding Subsection (c)(1), a judge is not |
|
required to impose the conditions described by Subsection (c)(1) if |
|
the defendant is a student at a primary or secondary school. |
|
(e) At any time after the imposition of a condition under |
|
Subsection (c)(1), the defendant may request the court to modify |
|
the child safety zone applicable to the defendant because the zone |
|
as created by the court: |
|
(1) interferes with the defendant's ability to attend |
|
school or hold a job and consequently constitutes an undue hardship |
|
for the defendant; or |
|
(2) is broader than is necessary to protect the |
|
public, given the nature and circumstances of the offense. |
|
(f) A supervision officer for a defendant described by |
|
Subsection (b) may permit the defendant to enter on an |
|
event-by-event basis into the child safety zone from which the |
|
defendant is otherwise prohibited from entering if: |
|
(1) the defendant has served at least two years of the |
|
period of community supervision; |
|
(2) the defendant enters the zone as part of a program |
|
to reunite with the defendant's family; |
|
(3) the defendant presents to the supervision officer |
|
a written proposal specifying where the defendant intends to go |
|
within the zone, why and with whom the defendant is going, and how |
|
the defendant intends to cope with any stressful situations that |
|
occur; |
|
(4) the sex offender treatment provider treating the |
|
defendant agrees with the supervision officer that the defendant |
|
should be allowed to attend the event; and |
|
(5) the supervision officer and the treatment provider |
|
agree on a chaperon to accompany the defendant and the chaperon |
|
agrees to perform that duty. |
|
(g) Article 42A.051(b) does not prohibit a supervision |
|
officer from modifying a condition of community supervision by |
|
permitting a defendant to enter a child safety zone under |
|
Subsection (f). |
|
(h) Notwithstanding Subsection (c)(1)(B), a requirement |
|
that a defendant not go in, on, or within 1,000 feet of certain |
|
premises does not apply to a defendant while the defendant is in or |
|
going immediately to or from a: |
|
(1) community supervision and corrections department |
|
office; |
|
(2) premises at which the defendant is participating |
|
in a program or activity required as a condition of community |
|
supervision; |
|
(3) residential facility in which the defendant is |
|
required to reside as a condition of community supervision, if the |
|
facility was in operation as a residence for defendants on |
|
community supervision on June 1, 2003; or |
|
(4) private residence at which the defendant is |
|
required to reside as a condition of community supervision. |
|
(i) A supervision officer who under Subsection (c)(2) |
|
specifies a sex offender treatment provider to provide counseling |
|
to a defendant shall: |
|
(1) contact the provider before the defendant is |
|
released; |
|
(2) establish the date, time, and place of the first |
|
session between the defendant and the provider; and |
|
(3) request the provider to immediately notify the |
|
supervision officer if the defendant fails to attend the first |
|
session or any subsequent scheduled session. (Code Crim. Proc., |
|
Art. 42.12, Sec. 13B.) |
|
Art. 42A.454. CERTAIN INTERNET ACTIVITY PROHIBITED. (a) |
|
This article applies only to a defendant who is required to register |
|
as a sex offender under Chapter 62, by court order or otherwise, |
|
and: |
|
(1) is convicted of or receives a grant of deferred |
|
adjudication community supervision for a violation of Section |
|
21.11, 22.011(a)(2), 22.021(a)(1)(B), 33.021, or 43.25, Penal |
|
Code; |
|
(2) used the Internet or any other type of electronic |
|
device used for Internet access to commit the offense or engage in |
|
the conduct for which the person is required to register under |
|
Chapter 62; or |
|
(3) is assigned a numeric risk level of three based on |
|
an assessment conducted under Article 62.007. |
|
(b) If the court grants community supervision to a defendant |
|
described by Subsection (a), the court as a condition of community |
|
supervision shall prohibit the defendant from using the Internet |
|
to: |
|
(1) access material that is obscene, as defined by |
|
Section 43.21, Penal Code; |
|
(2) access a commercial social networking site, as |
|
defined by Article 62.0061(f); |
|
(3) communicate with any individual concerning sexual |
|
relations with an individual who is younger than 17 years of age; or |
|
(4) communicate with another individual the defendant |
|
knows is younger than 17 years of age. |
|
(c) The court may modify at any time the condition described |
|
by Subsection (b)(4) if: |
|
(1) the condition interferes with the defendant's |
|
ability to attend school or become or remain employed and |
|
consequently constitutes an undue hardship for the defendant; or |
|
(2) the defendant is the parent or guardian of an |
|
individual who is younger than 17 years of age and the defendant is |
|
not otherwise prohibited from communicating with that individual. |
|
(Code Crim. Proc., Art. 42.12, Sec. 13G.) |
|
Art. 42A.455. PAYMENT TO CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER. A |
|
judge who grants community supervision to a defendant charged with |
|
or convicted of an offense under Section 21.11 or 22.011(a)(2), |
|
Penal Code, may require the defendant to make one payment in an |
|
amount not to exceed $50 to a children's advocacy center |
|
established under Subchapter E, Chapter 264, Family Code. (Code |
|
Crim. Proc., Art. 42.12, Sec. 11(g).) |
|
SUBCHAPTER K. CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TO CERTAIN OTHER OFFENSES AND |
|
OFFENDERS |
|
Art. 42A.501. COMMUNITY SUPERVISION FOR OFFENSE COMMITTED |
|
BECAUSE OF BIAS OR PREJUDICE. (a) A court granting community |
|
supervision to a defendant convicted of an offense for which the |
|
court has made an affirmative finding under Article 42.014 shall |
|
require as a term of community supervision that the defendant: |
|
(1) serve a term of not more than one year imprisonment |
|
in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice if the offense is a |
|
felony other than an offense under Section 19.02, Penal Code; or |
|
(2) serve a term of not more than 90 days confinement |
|
in jail if the offense is a misdemeanor. |
|
(b) The court may not grant community supervision on its own |
|
motion or on the recommendation of the jury to a defendant convicted |
|
of an offense for which the court has made an affirmative finding |
|
under Article 42.014 if: |
|
(1) the offense for which the court has made the |
|
affirmative finding is an offense under Section 19.02, Penal Code; |
|
or |
|
(2) the defendant has been previously convicted of an |
|
offense for which the court made an affirmative finding under |
|
Article 42.014. (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 42.12, Sec. 13A.) |
|
Art. 42A.502. COMMUNITY SUPERVISION FOR CERTAIN VIOLENT |
|
OFFENSES; CHILD SAFETY ZONE. (a) In this article, "playground," |
|
"premises," "school," "video arcade facility," and "youth center" |
|
have the meanings assigned by Section 481.134, Health and Safety |
|
Code. |
|
(b) A judge granting community supervision to a defendant |
|
convicted of an offense listed in Article 42A.054(a) or for which |
|
the judgment contains an affirmative finding under Article |
|
42A.054(c) or (d) may establish a child safety zone applicable to |
|
the defendant, if the nature of the offense for which the defendant |
|
is convicted warrants the establishment of a child safety zone, by |
|
requiring as a condition of community supervision that the |
|
defendant not: |
|
(1) supervise or participate in any program that: |
|
(A) includes as participants or recipients |
|
persons who are 17 years of age or younger; and |
|
(B) regularly provides athletic, civic, or |
|
cultural activities; or |
|
(2) go in or on, or within a distance specified by the |
|
judge of, a premises where children commonly gather, including a |
|
school, day-care facility, playground, public or private youth |
|
center, public swimming pool, or video arcade facility. |
|
(c) At any time after the imposition of a condition under |
|
Subsection (b), the defendant may request the judge to modify the |
|
child safety zone applicable to the defendant because the zone as |
|
created by the judge: |
|
(1) interferes with the defendant's ability to attend |
|
school or hold a job and consequently constitutes an undue hardship |
|
for the defendant; or |
|
(2) is broader than is necessary to protect the |
|
public, given the nature and circumstances of the offense. |
|
(d) This article does not apply to a defendant described by |
|
Article 42A.453. (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 42.12, Sec. 13D.) |
|
Art. 42A.503. COMMUNITY SUPERVISION FOR CERTAIN CHILD ABUSE |
|
OFFENSES; PROHIBITED CONTACT WITH VICTIM. (a) If the court grants |
|
community supervision to a defendant convicted of an offense |
|
described by Article 17.41(a), the court may require as a condition |
|
of community supervision that the defendant not: |
|
(1) directly communicate with the victim of the |
|
offense; or |
|
(2) go near a residence, school, or other location, as |
|
specifically described in the copy of terms and conditions, that is |
|
frequented by the victim. |
|
(b) In imposing the condition under Subsection (a), the |
|
court may grant the defendant supervised access to the victim. |
|
(c) To the extent that a condition imposed under this |
|
article conflicts with an existing court order granting possession |
|
of or access to a child, the condition imposed under this article |
|
prevails for a period specified by the court granting community |
|
supervision, not to exceed 90 days. (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 42.12, |
|
Sec. 14(a), as amended Acts 73rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 165 (H.B. 119), |
|
Acts 76th Leg., R.S., Ch. 910 (H.B. 2187), Acts 78th Leg., R.S., Ch. |
|
353 (S.B. 1054), Acts 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 113 (S.B. 44).) |
|
Art. 42A.504. COMMUNITY SUPERVISION FOR CERTAIN OFFENSES |
|
INVOLVING FAMILY VIOLENCE; SPECIAL CONDITIONS. (a) In this |
|
article: |
|
(1) "Family violence" has the meaning assigned by |
|
Section 71.004, Family Code. |
|
(2) "Family violence center" has the meaning assigned |
|
by Section 51.002, Human Resources Code. |
|
(b) If a judge grants community supervision to a defendant |
|
convicted of an offense under Title 5, Penal Code, that the court |
|
determines involves family violence, the judge shall require the |
|
defendant to pay $100 to a family violence center that: |
|
(1) receives state or federal funds; and |
|
(2) serves the county in which the court is located. |
|
(c) If the court grants community supervision to a defendant |
|
convicted of an offense involving family violence, the court may |
|
require the defendant, at the direction of the supervision officer, |
|
to: |
|
(1) attend a battering intervention and prevention |
|
program or counsel with a provider of battering intervention and |
|
prevention services if the program or provider has been accredited |
|
under Section 4A, Article 42.141, as conforming to program |
|
guidelines under that article; or |
|
(2) if the referral option under Subdivision (1) is |
|
not available, attend counseling sessions for the elimination of |
|
violent behavior with a licensed counselor, social worker, or other |
|
professional who has completed family violence intervention |
|
training that the community justice assistance division of the |
|
Texas Department of Criminal Justice has approved, after |
|
consultation with the licensing authorities described by Chapters |
|
152, 501, 502, 503, and 505, Occupations Code, and experts in the |
|
field of family violence. |
|
(d) If the court requires the defendant to attend counseling |
|
or a program, the court shall require the defendant to begin |
|
attendance not later than the 60th day after the date the court |
|
grants community supervision, notify the supervision officer of the |
|
name, address, and phone number of the counselor or program, and |
|
report the defendant's attendance to the supervision officer. The |
|
court shall require the defendant to pay all the reasonable costs of |
|
the counseling sessions or attendance in the program on a finding |
|
that the defendant is financially able to make payment. If the |
|
court finds the defendant is unable to make payment, the court shall |
|
make the counseling sessions or enrollment in the program available |
|
without cost to the defendant. The court may also require the |
|
defendant to pay all or a part of the reasonable costs incurred by |
|
the victim for counseling made necessary by the offense, on a |
|
finding that the defendant is financially able to make payment. The |
|
court may order the defendant to make payments under this |
|
subsection for a period not to exceed one year after the date on |
|
which the order is entered. (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 42.12, Sec. |
|
11(h); Secs. 14(c), (c-1), (c-2), as amended Acts 73rd Leg., R.S., |
|
Ch. 165 (H.B. 119), Acts 76th Leg., R.S., Ch. 910 (H.B. 2187), Acts |
|
78th Leg., R.S., Ch. 353 (S.B. 1054), Acts 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 113 |
|
(S.B. 44).) |
|
Art. 42A.505. COMMUNITY SUPERVISION FOR STALKING OFFENSE; |
|
PROHIBITED CONTACT WITH VICTIM. (a) If the court grants community |
|
supervision to a defendant convicted of an offense under Section |
|
42.072, Penal Code, the court may require as a condition of |
|
community supervision that the defendant not: |
|
(1) communicate directly or indirectly with the |
|
victim; or |
|
(2) go to or near: |
|
(A) the residence, place of employment, or |
|
business of the victim; or |
|
(B) a school, day-care facility, or similar |
|
facility where a dependent child of the victim is in attendance. |
|
(b) If the court requires the prohibition contained in |
|
Subsection (a)(2) as a condition of community supervision, the |
|
court shall specifically describe the prohibited locations and the |
|
minimum distances, if any, that the defendant must maintain from |
|
the locations. (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 42.12, Sec. 11(l).) |
|
Art. 42A.506. COMMUNITY SUPERVISION FOR DEFENDANT WITH |
|
MENTAL IMPAIRMENT. If the judge places a defendant on community |
|
supervision and the defendant is determined to be a person with |
|
mental illness or a person with an intellectual disability, as |
|
provided by Article 16.22 or Chapter 46B or in a psychological |
|
evaluation conducted under Article 42A.253(a)(6), the judge may |
|
require the defendant as a condition of community supervision to |
|
submit to outpatient or inpatient mental health or intellectual |
|
disability treatment if: |
|
(1) the defendant's: |
|
(A) mental impairment is chronic in nature; or |
|
(B) ability to function independently will |
|
continue to deteriorate if the defendant does not receive mental |
|
health or intellectual disability services; and |
|
(2) the judge determines, in consultation with a local |
|
mental health or intellectual disability services provider, that |
|
mental health or intellectual disability services, as appropriate, |
|
are available for the defendant through: |
|
(A) the Department of State Health Services or |
|
the Department of Aging and Disability Services under Section |
|
534.053, Health and Safety Code; or |
|
(B) another mental health or intellectual |
|
disability services provider. (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 42.12, Sec. |
|
11(d).) |
|
Art. 42A.507. COMMUNITY SUPERVISION FOR CERTAIN DEFENDANTS |
|
IDENTIFIED AS MEMBERS OF CRIMINAL STREET GANGS; ELECTRONIC |
|
MONITORING. (a) This article applies only to a defendant who: |
|
(1) is identified as a member of a criminal street gang |
|
in an intelligence database established under Chapter 61; and |
|
(2) has two or more times been previously convicted |
|
of, or received a grant of deferred adjudication community |
|
supervision or another functionally equivalent form of community |
|
supervision or probation for, a felony offense under the laws of |
|
this state, another state, or the United States. |
|
(b) A court granting community supervision to a defendant |
|
described by Subsection (a) may, on the defendant's conviction of a |
|
felony offense, require as a condition of community supervision |
|
that the defendant submit to tracking under an electronic |
|
monitoring service or other appropriate technological service |
|
designed to track a person's location. (Code Crim. Proc., Art. |
|
42.12, Sec. 13E.) |
|
Art. 42A.508. COMMUNITY SUPERVISION FOR CERTAIN ORGANIZED |
|
CRIME OFFENSES; RESTRICTIONS ON OPERATION OF MOTOR VEHICLE. A |
|
court granting community supervision to a defendant convicted of an |
|
offense under Chapter 71, Penal Code, may impose as a condition of |
|
community supervision restrictions on the defendant's operation of |
|
a motor vehicle, including specifying: |
|
(1) hours during which the defendant may not operate a |
|
motor vehicle; and |
|
(2) locations at or in which the defendant may not |
|
operate a motor vehicle. (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 42.12, Sec. 13F.) |
|
Art. 42A.509. COMMUNITY SUPERVISION FOR GRAFFITI OFFENSE. |
|
A court granting community supervision to a defendant convicted of |
|
an offense under Section 28.08, Penal Code, shall require as a |
|
condition of community supervision that the defendant perform: |
|
(1) at least 15 hours of community service if the |
|
amount of pecuniary loss resulting from the commission of the |
|
offense is $50 or more but less than $500; or |
|
(2) at least 30 hours of community service if the |
|
amount of pecuniary loss resulting from the commission of the |
|
offense is $500 or more. (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 42.12, Sec. |
|
11(k).) |
|
Art. 42A.510. COMMUNITY SUPERVISION FOR ENHANCED |
|
DISORDERLY CONDUCT OFFENSE. (a) On conviction of an offense |
|
punishable as a Class C misdemeanor under Section 42.01, Penal |
|
Code, for which punishment is enhanced under Section 12.43(c), |
|
Penal Code, based on previous convictions under Section 42.01 or |
|
49.02, Penal Code, the court may suspend the imposition of the |
|
sentence and place the defendant on community supervision if the |
|
court finds that the defendant would benefit from community |
|
supervision and enters its finding on the record. The judge may |
|
suspend in whole or in part the imposition of any fine imposed on |
|
conviction. |
|
(b) All provisions of this chapter applying to a defendant |
|
placed on community supervision for a misdemeanor apply to a |
|
defendant placed on community supervision under this article, |
|
except that the court shall require the defendant as a condition of |
|
community supervision to: |
|
(1) submit to diagnostic testing for addiction to |
|
alcohol or a controlled substance or drug; |
|
(2) submit to a psychological assessment; |
|
(3) if indicated as necessary by testing and |
|
assessment, participate in an alcohol or drug abuse treatment or |
|
education program; and |
|
(4) pay the costs of testing, assessment, and |
|
treatment or education, either directly or as a court cost. (Code |
|
Crim. Proc., Art. 42.12, Sec. 15A.) |
|
Art. 42A.511. COMMUNITY SUPERVISION FOR CERTAIN OFFENSES |
|
INVOLVING ANIMALS. If a judge grants community supervision to a |
|
defendant convicted of an offense under Section 42.09, 42.091, |
|
42.092, or 42.10, Penal Code, the judge may require the defendant to |
|
attend a responsible pet owner course sponsored by a municipal |
|
animal shelter, as defined by Section 823.001, Health and Safety |
|
Code, that: |
|
(1) receives federal, state, county, or municipal |
|
funds; and |
|
(2) serves the county in which the court is located. |
|
(Code Crim. Proc., Art. 42.12, Sec. 11(m).) |
|
Art. 42A.512. COMMUNITY SUPERVISION FOR ELECTRONIC |
|
TRANSMISSION OF CERTAIN VISUAL MATERIAL. (a) In this article, |
|
"parent" means a natural or adoptive parent, managing or possessory |
|
conservator, or legal guardian. The term does not include a parent |
|
whose parental rights have been terminated. |
|
(b) If a judge grants community supervision to a defendant |
|
who is convicted of or charged with an offense under Section 43.261, |
|
Penal Code, the judge may require as a condition of community |
|
supervision that the defendant attend and successfully complete an |
|
educational program described by Section 37.218, Education Code, or |
|
another equivalent educational program. |
|
(c) The court shall require the defendant or the defendant's |
|
parent to pay the cost of attending an educational program under |
|
Subsection (b) if the court determines that the defendant or the |
|
defendant's parent is financially able to make payment. (Code |
|
Crim. Proc., Art. 42.12, Sec. 13H.) |
|
Art. 42A.513. COMMUNITY SUPERVISION FOR MAKING FIREARM |
|
ACCESSIBLE TO CHILD. (a) A court granting community supervision to |
|
a defendant convicted of an offense under Section 46.13, Penal |
|
Code, may require as a condition of community supervision that the |
|
defendant: |
|
(1) provide an appropriate public service activity |
|
designated by the court; or |
|
(2) attend a firearms safety course that meets or |
|
exceeds the requirements set by the National Rifle Association as |
|
of January 1, 1995, for a firearms safety course that requires not |
|
more than 17 hours of instruction. |
|
(b) The court shall require the defendant to pay the cost of |
|
attending the firearms safety course under Subsection (a)(2). |
|
(Code Crim. Proc., Art. 42.12, Sec. 13C.) |
|
SUBCHAPTER L. STATE JAIL FELONY COMMUNITY SUPERVISION |
|
Art. 42A.551. PLACEMENT ON COMMUNITY SUPERVISION; |
|
EXECUTION OF SENTENCE. (a) Except as otherwise provided by |
|
Subsection (b) or (c), on conviction of a state jail felony under |
|
Section 481.115(b), 481.1151(b)(1), 481.116(b), 481.1161(b)(3), |
|
481.121(b)(3), or 481.129(g)(1), Health and Safety Code, that is |
|
punished under Section 12.35(a), Penal Code, the judge shall |
|
suspend the imposition of the sentence and place the defendant on |
|
community supervision. |
|
(b) If the defendant has been previously convicted of a |
|
felony, other than a felony punished under Section 12.44(a), Penal |
|
Code, or if the conviction resulted from an adjudication of the |
|
guilt of a defendant previously placed on deferred adjudication |
|
community supervision for the offense, the judge may: |
|
(1) suspend the imposition of the sentence and place |
|
the defendant on community supervision; or |
|
(2) order the sentence to be executed. |
|
(c) Subsection (a) does not apply to a defendant who: |
|
(1) under Section 481.1151(b)(1), Health and Safety |
|
Code, possessed more than five abuse units of the controlled |
|
substance; |
|
(2) under Section 481.1161(b)(3), Health and Safety |
|
Code, possessed more than one pound, by aggregate weight, including |
|
adulterants or dilutants, of the controlled substance; or |
|
(3) under Section 481.121(b)(3), Health and Safety |
|
Code, possessed more than one pound of marihuana. |
|
(d) On conviction of a state jail felony punished under |
|
Section 12.35(a), Penal Code, other than a state jail felony listed |
|
in Subsection (a), subject to Subsection (e), the judge may: |
|
(1) suspend the imposition of the sentence and place |
|
the defendant on community supervision; or |
|
(2) order the sentence to be executed: |
|
(A) in whole; or |
|
(B) in part, with a period of community |
|
supervision to begin immediately on release of the defendant from |
|
confinement. |
|
(e) In any case in which the jury assesses punishment, the |
|
judge must follow the recommendations of the jury in suspending the |
|
imposition of a sentence or ordering a sentence to be executed. If |
|
a jury assessing punishment does not recommend community |
|
supervision, the judge must order the sentence to be executed in |
|
whole. |
|
(f) A defendant is considered to be finally convicted if the |
|
judge orders the sentence to be executed under Subsection (d)(2), |
|
regardless of whether the judge orders the sentence to be executed |
|
in whole or only in part. |
|
(g) The judge may suspend in whole or in part the imposition |
|
of any fine imposed on conviction. (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 42.12, |
|
Sec. 15(a).) |
|
Art. 42A.552. REVIEW OF PRESENTENCE REPORT. Before |
|
imposing a sentence in a state jail felony case in which the judge |
|
assesses punishment, the judge shall: |
|
(1) review the presentence report prepared for the |
|
defendant under Subchapter F; and |
|
(2) determine whether the best interests of justice |
|
require the judge to: |
|
(A) suspend the imposition of the sentence and |
|
place the defendant on community supervision; or |
|
(B) order the sentence to be executed in whole or |
|
in part as provided by Article 42A.551(d). (Code Crim. Proc., Art. |
|
42.12, Sec. 15(c)(1) (part).) |
|
Art. 42A.553. MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM PERIODS OF COMMUNITY |
|
SUPERVISION; EXTENSION. (a) The minimum period of community |
|
supervision a judge may impose under this subchapter is two years. |
|
The maximum period of community supervision a judge may impose |
|
under this subchapter is five years, except that the judge may |
|
extend the maximum period of community supervision under this |
|
subchapter to not more than 10 years. |
|
(b) A judge may extend a period of community supervision |
|
under this subchapter: |
|
(1) at any time during the period of community |
|
supervision; or |
|
(2) before the first anniversary of the date the |
|
period of community supervision ends, if a motion for revocation of |
|
community supervision is filed before the date the period of |
|
community supervision ends. (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 42.12, Sec. |
|
15(b).) |
|
Art. 42A.554. CONDITIONS OF COMMUNITY SUPERVISION. (a) A |
|
judge assessing punishment in a state jail felony case may impose |
|
any condition of community supervision on the defendant that the |
|
judge could impose on a defendant placed on supervision for an |
|
offense other than a state jail felony. |
|
(b) If the judge suspends the execution of the sentence or |
|
orders the execution of the sentence only in part as provided by |
|
Article 42A.551(d), the judge shall impose conditions of community |
|
supervision consistent with the recommendations contained in the |
|
presentence report prepared for the defendant under Subchapter F. |
|
(c) Except as otherwise provided by this subsection, a judge |
|
who places a defendant on community supervision for an offense |
|
listed in Article 42A.551(a) shall require the defendant to comply |
|
with substance abuse treatment conditions that are consistent with |
|
standards adopted by the Texas Board of Criminal Justice under |
|
Section 509.015, Government Code. A judge is not required to impose |
|
the substance abuse treatment conditions if the judge makes an |
|
affirmative finding that the defendant does not require imposition |
|
of the conditions to successfully complete the period of community |
|
supervision. (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 42.12, Secs. 15(c)(1) (part), |
|
(2), (3).) |
|
Art. 42A.555. CONFINEMENT AS A CONDITION OF COMMUNITY |
|
SUPERVISION. (a) A judge assessing punishment in a state jail |
|
felony case may impose as a condition of community supervision that |
|
a defendant submit at the beginning of the period of community |
|
supervision to a term of confinement in a state jail felony facility |
|
for a term of: |
|
(1) not less than 90 days or more than 180 days; or |
|
(2) not less than 90 days or more than one year, if the |
|
defendant is convicted of an offense punishable as a state jail |
|
felony under Section 481.112, 481.1121, 481.113, or 481.120, Health |
|
and Safety Code. |
|
(b) A judge may not require a defendant to submit to both the |
|
term of confinement authorized by this article and a term of |
|
confinement under Subchapter C or Article 42A.302. (Code Crim. |
|
Proc., Art. 42.12, Secs. 15(c)(1) (part), (d) (part).) |
|
Art. 42A.556. SANCTIONS IMPOSED ON MODIFICATION OF |
|
COMMUNITY SUPERVISION. If in a state jail felony case a defendant |
|
violates a condition of community supervision imposed under this |
|
chapter and after a hearing under Article 42A.751(d) the judge |
|
modifies the defendant's community supervision, the judge may |
|
impose any sanction permitted by Article 42A.752, except that if |
|
the judge requires a defendant to serve a term of confinement in a |
|
state jail felony facility as a modification of the defendant's |
|
community supervision, the minimum term of confinement is 90 days |
|
and the maximum term of confinement is 180 days. (Code Crim. Proc., |
|
Art. 42.12, Sec. 15(e).) |
|
Art. 42A.557. REPORT BY DIRECTOR OF FACILITY. The facility |
|
director of a state jail felony facility shall report to a judge who |
|
orders a defendant confined in the facility as a condition of |
|
community supervision or as a sanction imposed on a modification of |
|
community supervision under Article 42A.556 not less than every 90 |
|
days on the defendant's programmatic progress, conduct, and |
|
conformity to the rules of the facility. (Code Crim. Proc., Art. |
|
42.12, Sec. 15(g).) |
|
Art. 42A.558. REVOCATION; OPTIONS REGARDING EXECUTION OF |
|
SENTENCE. (a) If in a state jail felony case a defendant violates a |
|
condition of community supervision imposed under this chapter and |
|
after a hearing under Article 42A.751(d) the judge revokes the |
|
defendant's community supervision, the judge shall dispose of the |
|
case in the manner provided by Article 42A.755. |
|
(b) The court retains jurisdiction over the defendant for |
|
the period during which the defendant is confined in a state jail |
|
felony facility. At any time after the 75th day after the date the |
|
defendant is received into the custody of a state jail felony |
|
facility, the judge on the judge's own motion, on the motion of the |
|
attorney representing the state, or on the motion of the defendant |
|
may suspend further execution of the sentence and place the |
|
defendant on community supervision under the conditions of this |
|
subchapter. |
|
(c) When the defendant or the attorney representing the |
|
state files a written motion requesting the judge to suspend |
|
further execution of the sentence and place the defendant on |
|
community supervision, the clerk of the court, if requested to do so |
|
by the judge, shall request a copy of the defendant's record while |
|
confined from the facility director of the state jail felony |
|
facility in which the defendant is confined or, if the defendant is |
|
confined in county jail, from the sheriff. On receipt of the |
|
request, the facility director or the sheriff shall forward a copy |
|
of the record to the judge as soon as possible. |
|
(d) When the defendant files a written motion requesting the |
|
judge to suspend further execution of the sentence and place the |
|
defendant on community supervision, the defendant shall |
|
immediately deliver or cause to be delivered a copy of the motion to |
|
the office of the attorney representing the state. The judge may |
|
deny the motion without holding a hearing but may not grant the |
|
motion without holding a hearing and providing the attorney |
|
representing the state and the defendant the opportunity to present |
|
evidence on the motion. (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 42.12, Sec. 15(f).) |
|
Art. 42A.559. CREDITS FOR TIME SERVED. (a) For purposes of |
|
this article, "diligent participation" includes: |
|
(1) successful completion of an educational, |
|
vocational, or treatment program; |
|
(2) progress toward successful completion of an |
|
educational, vocational, or treatment program that was interrupted |
|
by illness, injury, or another circumstance outside the control of |
|
the defendant; and |
|
(3) active involvement in a work program. |
|
(b) A defendant confined in a state jail felony facility |
|
does not earn good conduct time for time served in the facility but |
|
may be awarded diligent participation credit in accordance with |
|
Subsection (f). |
|
(c) A judge: |
|
(1) may credit against any time a defendant is |
|
required to serve in a state jail felony facility time served in a |
|
county jail from the time of the defendant's arrest and confinement |
|
until sentencing by the trial court; and |
|
(2) shall credit against any time a defendant is |
|
required to serve in a state jail felony facility time served before |
|
sentencing in a substance abuse felony punishment facility operated |
|
by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice under Section 493.009, |
|
Government Code, or other court-ordered residential program or |
|
facility as a condition of deferred adjudication community |
|
supervision, but only if the defendant successfully completes the |
|
treatment program in that facility. |
|
(d) A judge shall credit against any time a defendant is |
|
subsequently required to serve in a state jail felony facility |
|
after revocation of community supervision time served after |
|
sentencing: |
|
(1) in a state jail felony facility; or |
|
(2) in a substance abuse felony punishment facility |
|
operated by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice under Section |
|
493.009, Government Code, or other court-ordered residential |
|
program or facility if the defendant successfully completes the |
|
treatment program in that facility. |
|
(e) For a defendant who has participated in an educational, |
|
vocational, treatment, or work program while confined in a state |
|
jail felony facility, not later than the 30th day before the date on |
|
which the defendant will have served 80 percent of the defendant's |
|
sentence, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shall report to |
|
the sentencing court the number of days during which the defendant |
|
diligently participated in any educational, vocational, treatment, |
|
or work program. The contents of a report submitted under this |
|
subsection are not subject to challenge by a defendant. |
|
(f) A judge, based on the report received under Subsection |
|
(e), may credit against any time a defendant is required to serve in |
|
a state jail felony facility additional time for each day the |
|
defendant actually served in the facility while diligently |
|
participating in an educational, vocational, treatment, or work |
|
program. A time credit under this subsection may not exceed |
|
one-fifth of the amount of time the defendant is originally |
|
required to serve in the facility. A defendant may not be awarded a |
|
time credit under this subsection for any period during which the |
|
defendant is subject to disciplinary action. A time credit under |
|
this subsection is a privilege and not a right. (Code Crim. Proc., |
|
Art. 42.12, Sec. 15(h).) |
|
Art. 42A.560. MEDICAL RELEASE. (a) If a defendant is |
|
convicted of a state jail felony and the sentence is executed, the |
|
judge sentencing the defendant may release the defendant to a |
|
medically suitable placement if the judge determines that the |
|
defendant does not constitute a threat to public safety and the |
|
Texas Correctional Office on Offenders with Medical or Mental |
|
Impairments: |
|
(1) in coordination with the Correctional Managed |
|
Health Care Committee, prepares a case summary and medical report |
|
that identifies the defendant as: |
|
(A) being a person who is elderly or terminally |
|
ill or a person with a physical disability; |
|
(B) being a person with mental illness or an |
|
intellectual disability; or |
|
(C) having a condition requiring long-term care; |
|
and |
|
(2) in cooperation with the community supervision and |
|
corrections department serving the sentencing court, prepares for |
|
the defendant a medically recommended intensive supervision and |
|
continuity of care plan that: |
|
(A) ensures appropriate supervision of the |
|
defendant by the community supervision and corrections department; |
|
and |
|
(B) requires the defendant to remain under the |
|
care of a physician at and reside in a medically suitable placement. |
|
(b) The Texas Correctional Office on Offenders with Medical |
|
or Mental Impairments shall submit to a judge who releases a |
|
defendant to an appropriate medical care facility under Subsection |
|
(a) a quarterly status report concerning the defendant's medical |
|
and treatment status. |
|
(c) If a defendant released to a medically suitable |
|
placement under Subsection (a) violates the terms of that release, |
|
the judge may dispose of the matter as provided by Articles 42A.556 |
|
and 42A.558(a). (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 42.12, Secs. 15(i), as |
|
added Acts 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1308, (j), as added Acts 80th Leg., |
|
R.S., Ch. 1308, (k).) |
|
Art. 42A.561. MEDICAL RELEASE. (a) If a defendant is |
|
convicted of a state jail felony and the sentence is executed, the |
|
judge sentencing the defendant may release the defendant to a |
|
medical care facility or medical treatment program if the Texas |
|
Correctional Office on Offenders with Medical or Mental |
|
Impairments: |
|
(1) identifies the defendant as: |
|
(A) being a person who is elderly or terminally |
|
ill or a person with a physical disability; |
|
(B) being a person with mental illness or an |
|
intellectual disability; or |
|
(C) having a condition requiring long-term care; |
|
and |
|
(2) in cooperation with the community supervision and |
|
corrections department serving the sentencing court, prepares for |
|
the defendant a medically recommended intensive supervision plan |
|
that: |
|
(A) ensures appropriate supervision of the |
|
defendant; and |
|
(B) requires the defendant to remain under the |
|
care of a physician at the facility or in the program. |
|
(b) If a defendant released to a medical care facility or |
|
medical treatment program under Subsection (a) violates the terms |
|
of that release, the judge may dispose of the matter as provided by |
|
Articles 42A.556 and 42A.558(a). (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 42.12, |
|
Secs. 15(i), as added Acts 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 617, (j), as added |
|
Acts 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 617.) |
|
SUBCHAPTER M. COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS FACILITIES |
|
Art. 42A.601. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "community |
|
corrections facility" has the meaning assigned by Section 509.001, |
|
Government Code. (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 42.12, Sec. 18(a).) |
|
Art. 42A.602. MAXIMUM TERM OR TERMS OF CONFINEMENT. (a) If |
|
a judge requires as a condition of community supervision or |
|
participation in a drug court program established under Chapter |
|
123, Government Code, or former law that the defendant serve a term |
|
of confinement in a community corrections facility, the term may |
|
not exceed 24 months. |
|
(b) A judge who requires as a condition of community |
|
supervision that the defendant serve a term of confinement in a |
|
community corrections facility may not impose a subsequent term of |
|
confinement in a community corrections facility or jail during the |
|
same supervision period that, if added to the terms previously |
|
imposed, exceeds 36 months. (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 42.12, Secs. |
|
18(b), (h).) |
|
Art. 42A.603. EFFECT OF REVOCATION ON CREDIT FOR TIME SPENT |
|
IN FACILITY. A defendant granted community supervision under this |
|
chapter and required as a condition of community supervision to |
|
serve a term of confinement under this subchapter may not earn good |
|
conduct credit for time spent in a community corrections facility |
|
or apply time spent in the facility toward completion of a prison |
|
sentence if the community supervision is revoked. (Code Crim. |
|
Proc., Art. 42.12, Sec. 18(c).) |
|
Art. 42A.604. EVALUATION OF DEFENDANT'S BEHAVIOR AND |
|
ATTITUDE. (a) As directed by the judge, the community corrections |
|
facility director shall file with the community supervision and |
|
corrections department director or administrator of a drug court |
|
program, as applicable, a copy of an evaluation made by the facility |
|
director of the defendant's behavior and attitude at the facility. |
|
The community supervision and corrections department director or |
|
program administrator shall examine the evaluation, make written |
|
comments on the evaluation that the director or administrator |
|
considers relevant, and file the evaluation and comments with the |
|
judge who granted community supervision to the defendant or placed |
|
the defendant in a drug court program. If the evaluation indicates |
|
that the defendant has made significant progress toward compliance |
|
with court-ordered conditions of community supervision or |
|
objectives of placement in the drug court program, as applicable, |
|
the judge may release the defendant from the community corrections |
|
facility. A defendant who served a term in the facility as a |
|
condition of community supervision shall serve the remainder of the |
|
defendant's community supervision under any terms and conditions |
|
the court imposes under this chapter. |
|
(b) Not later than 18 months after the date on which a |
|
defendant is granted community supervision under this chapter and |
|
required as a condition of community supervision to serve a term of |
|
confinement under this subchapter, the community corrections |
|
facility director shall file with the community supervision and |
|
corrections department director a copy of an evaluation made by the |
|
facility director of the defendant's behavior and attitude at the |
|
facility. The community supervision and corrections department |
|
director shall examine the evaluation, make written comments on the |
|
evaluation that the director considers relevant, and file the |
|
evaluation and comments with the judge who granted community |
|
supervision to the defendant. If the report indicates that the |
|
defendant has made significant progress toward court-ordered |
|
conditions of community supervision, the judge shall modify the |
|
judge's sentence and release the defendant in the same manner as |
|
provided by Subsection (a). If the report indicates that the |
|
defendant would benefit from continued participation in the |
|
community corrections facility program, the judge may order the |
|
defendant to remain at the community corrections facility for a |
|
period determined by the judge. If the report indicates that the |
|
defendant has not made significant progress toward rehabilitation, |
|
the judge may revoke community supervision and order the defendant |
|
to serve the term of confinement specified in the defendant's |
|
sentence. (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 42.12, Secs. 18(d), (e).) |
|
Art. 42A.605. PLACEMENT IN COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECT. If |
|
ordered by the judge who placed the defendant on community |
|
supervision, a community corrections facility director shall |
|
attempt to place a defendant as a worker in a community service |
|
project of a type described by Article 42A.304. (Code Crim. Proc., |
|
Art. 42.12, Sec. 18(f).) |
|
Art. 42A.606. CONFINEMENT REQUIRED; EXCEPTIONS. A |
|
defendant participating in a program under this subchapter must be |
|
confined in the community corrections facility at all times except |
|
for time spent: |
|
(1) attending and traveling to and from: |
|
(A) an education or rehabilitation program as |
|
ordered by the court; or |
|
(B) a community service project; |
|
(2) away from the facility for purposes described by |
|
this subchapter; and |
|
(3) traveling to and from work, if applicable. (Code |
|
Crim. Proc., Art. 42.12, Sec. 18(g).) |
|
Art. 42A.607. DISPOSITION OF SALARY. If a defendant who is |
|
required as a condition of community supervision to serve a term of |
|
confinement under this subchapter is not required by the judge to |
|
deliver the defendant's salary to the restitution center director, |
|
the employer of the defendant shall deliver the salary to the |
|
director. The director shall deposit the salary into a fund to be |
|
given to the defendant on release after the director deducts: |
|
(1) the cost to the center for the defendant's food, |
|
housing, and supervision; |
|
(2) the necessary expense for the defendant's travel |
|
to and from work and community service projects, and other |
|
incidental expenses of the defendant; |
|
(3) support of the defendant's dependents; and |
|
(4) restitution to the victims of an offense committed |
|
by the defendant. (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 42.12, Sec. 18(i).) |
|
SUBCHAPTER N. PAYMENTS; FEES |
|
Art. 42A.651. PAYMENT AS CONDITION OF COMMUNITY |
|
SUPERVISION. (a) A judge may not order a defendant to make a |
|
payment as a term or condition of community supervision, except |
|
for: |
|
(1) the payment of fines, court costs, or restitution |
|
to the victim; or |
|
(2) a payment ordered as a condition that relates |
|
personally to the rehabilitation of the defendant or that is |
|
otherwise expressly authorized by law. |
|
(b) A defendant's obligation to pay a fine or court cost as |
|
ordered by a judge is independent of any requirement to pay the fine |
|
or court cost as a condition of the defendant's community |
|
supervision. A defendant remains obligated to pay any unpaid fine |
|
or court cost after the expiration of the defendant's period of |
|
community supervision. (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 42.12, Secs. 11(b) |
|
(part), (b-1).) |
|
Art. 42A.652. MONTHLY FEE. (a) Except as otherwise |
|
provided by this article, a judge who grants community supervision |
|
to a defendant shall set a fee of not less than $25 and not more than |
|
$60 to be paid each month during the period of community supervision |
|
by the defendant to: |
|
(1) the court of original jurisdiction; or |
|
(2) the court accepting jurisdiction of the |
|
defendant's case, if jurisdiction is transferred under Article |
|
42A.151. |
|
(b) The judge may make payment of the monthly fee a |
|
condition of granting or continuing the community supervision. The |
|
judge may waive or reduce the fee or suspend a monthly payment of |
|
the fee if the judge determines that payment of the fee would cause |
|
the defendant a significant financial hardship. |
|
(c) A court accepting jurisdiction of a defendant's case |
|
under Article 42A.151 shall enter an order directing the defendant |
|
to pay the monthly fee to that court instead of to the court of |
|
original jurisdiction. To the extent of any conflict between an |
|
order issued under this subsection and an order issued by a court of |
|
original jurisdiction, the order entered under this subsection |
|
prevails. |
|
(d) A judge who receives a defendant for supervision as |
|
authorized by Section 510.017, Government Code, may require the |
|
defendant to pay the fee authorized by this article. |
|
(e) A judge may not require a defendant to pay the fee under |
|
this article for any month after the period of community |
|
supervision has been terminated by the judge under Article 42A.701. |
|
(f) A judge shall deposit any fee received under this |
|
article in the special fund of the county treasury, to be used for |
|
the same purposes for which state aid may be used under Chapter 76, |
|
Government Code. (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 42.12, Secs. 19(a), |
|
(a-1), (b), (c) (part), (g).) |
|
Art. 42A.653. ADDITIONAL MONTHLY FEE FOR CERTAIN SEX |
|
OFFENDERS. (a) A judge who grants community supervision to a |
|
defendant convicted of an offense under Section 21.08, 21.11, |
|
22.011, 22.021, 25.02, 43.25, or 43.26, Penal Code, shall require |
|
as a condition of community supervision that the defendant pay to |
|
the defendant's supervision officer a community supervision fee of |
|
$5 each month during the period of community supervision. |
|
(b) A fee imposed under this article is in addition to court |
|
costs or any other fee imposed on the defendant. |
|
(c) A community supervision and corrections department |
|
shall deposit a fee collected under this article to be sent to the |
|
comptroller as provided by Subchapter B, Chapter 133, Local |
|
Government Code. The comptroller shall deposit the fee in the |
|
sexual assault program fund under Section 420.008, Government Code. |
|
(d) If a community supervision and corrections department |
|
does not collect a fee imposed under this article, the department is |
|
not required to file any report required by the comptroller that |
|
relates to the collection of the fee. (Code Crim. Proc., Art. |
|
42.12, Secs. 19(e), (f), as amended Acts 78th Leg., R.S., Chs. 209, |
|
1310.) |
|
Art. 42A.654. FEES DUE ON CONVICTION. For the purpose of |
|
determining when fees due on conviction are to be paid to any |
|
officer, the placement of a defendant on community supervision is |
|
considered a final disposition of the case, without the necessity |
|
of waiting for the termination of the period of community |
|
supervision. (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 42.12, Sec. 19(d).) |
|
Art. 42A.655. ABILITY TO PAY. The court shall consider the |
|
defendant's ability to pay in ordering the defendant to make any |
|
payments under this chapter. (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 42.12, Sec. |
|
11(b) (part).) |
|
SUBCHAPTER O. REDUCTION OR TERMINATION OF COMMUNITY SUPERVISION |
|
PERIOD |
|
Art. 42A.701. REDUCTION OR TERMINATION OF COMMUNITY |
|
SUPERVISION PERIOD. (a) At any time after the defendant has |
|
satisfactorily completed one-third of the original community |
|
supervision period or two years of community supervision, whichever |
|
is less, the judge may reduce or terminate the period of community |
|
supervision. |
|
(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. |
|
(c) Before reducing or terminating a period of community |
|
supervision or conducting a review under this article, the judge |
|
shall notify the attorney representing the state and the defendant |
|
or, if the defendant has an attorney, the defendant's attorney. |
|
(d) If the judge determines that the defendant has failed to |
|
satisfactorily fulfill the conditions of community supervision, |
|
the judge shall advise the defendant in writing of the requirements |
|
for satisfactorily fulfilling those conditions. |
|
(e) On the satisfactory fulfillment of the conditions of |
|
community supervision and the expiration of the period of community |
|
supervision, the judge by order shall: |
|
(1) amend or modify the original sentence imposed, if |
|
necessary, to conform to the community supervision period; and |
|
(2) discharge the defendant. |
|
(f) If the judge discharges the defendant under this |
|
article, the judge may set aside the verdict or permit the defendant |
|
to withdraw the defendant's plea. A judge acting under this |
|
subsection shall dismiss the accusation, complaint, information, |
|
or indictment against the defendant. A defendant who receives a |
|
discharge and dismissal under this subsection is released from all |
|
penalties and disabilities resulting from the offense of which the |
|
defendant has been convicted or to which the defendant has pleaded |
|
guilty, except that: |
|
(1) proof of the conviction or plea of guilty shall be |
|
made known to the judge if the defendant is convicted of any |
|
subsequent offense; and |
|
(2) if the defendant is an applicant for or the holder |
|
of a license under Chapter 42, Human Resources Code, the Department |
|
of Family and Protective Services may consider the fact that the |
|
defendant previously has received community supervision under this |
|
chapter in issuing, renewing, denying, or revoking a license under |
|
Chapter 42, Human Resources Code. |
|
(g) This article does not apply to a defendant convicted of: |
|
(1) an offense under Sections 49.04-49.08, Penal Code; |
|
(2) an offense the conviction of which requires |
|
registration as a sex offender under Chapter 62; or |
|
(3) a felony described by Article 42A.054. (Code |
|
Crim. Proc., Art. 42.12, Sec. 20.) |
|
Art. 42A.702. TIME CREDITS FOR COMPLETION OF CERTAIN |
|
CONDITIONS OF COMMUNITY SUPERVISION. (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; |
|
(2) is not delinquent in paying required costs, fines, |
|
or fees; and |
|
(3) has fully satisfied any order to pay restitution |
|
to a victim. |
|
(b) A defendant described by Subsection (a) is entitled to |
|
receive any combination of time credits toward the completion of |
|
the defendant's period of community supervision in accordance with |
|
this article if the court ordered the defendant as a condition of |
|
community supervision to: |
|
(1) make a payment described by Subsection (c); |
|
(2) complete a treatment or rehabilitation program |
|
described by Subsection (d); or |
|
(3) earn a diploma, certificate, or degree described |
|
by Subsection (e). |
|
(c) A defendant is entitled to time credits toward the |
|
completion of the defendant's period of community supervision for |
|
the full payment of court costs, fines, attorney's fees, and |
|
restitution as follows: |
|
(1) court costs: 15 days; |
|
(2) fines: 30 days; |
|
(3) attorney's fees: 30 days; and |
|
(4) restitution: 60 days. |
|
(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. |
|
(e) A defendant is entitled to time credits toward the |
|
completion of the defendant's period of community supervision for |
|
earning the following diplomas, certificates, or degrees: |
|
(1) a high school diploma or high school equivalency |
|
certificate: 90 days; and |
|
(2) an associate's degree: 120 days. |
|
(f) A defendant's supervision officer shall notify the |
|
court if one or more time credits under this article, cumulated with |
|
the amount of the original community supervision period the |
|
defendant has completed, allow or require the court to conduct a |
|
review of the defendant's community supervision under Article |
|
42A.701. On receipt of the notice from the supervision officer, the |
|
court shall conduct the review of the defendant's community |
|
supervision to determine if the defendant is eligible for a |
|
reduction or termination of community supervision under Article |
|
42A.701, taking into account any time credits to which the |
|
defendant is entitled under this article in determining if the |
|
defendant has completed, as applicable: |
|
(1) the lesser of one-third of the original community |
|
supervision period or two years of community supervision; or |
|
(2) the greater of one-half of the original community |
|
supervision period or two years of community supervision. |
|
(g) A court may order that some or all of the time credits to |
|
which a defendant is entitled under this article be forfeited if, |
|
before the expiration of the original period or a reduced period of |
|
community supervision, the court: |
|
(1) after a hearing under Article 42A.751(d), finds |
|
that a defendant violated one or more conditions of community |
|
supervision; and |
|
(2) modifies or continues the defendant's period of |
|
community supervision under Article 42A.752 or revokes the |
|
defendant's community supervision under Article 42A.755. (Code |
|
Crim. Proc., Art. 42.12, Sec. 20A.) |
|
SUBCHAPTER P. REVOCATION AND OTHER SANCTIONS |
|
Art. 42A.751. VIOLATION OF CONDITIONS OF COMMUNITY |
|
SUPERVISION; DETENTION AND HEARING. (a) At any time during the |
|
period of community supervision, the judge may issue a warrant for a |
|
violation of any condition of community supervision and cause a |
|
defendant convicted under Section 43.02, Penal Code, Chapter 481, |
|
Health and Safety Code, or Sections 485.031 through 485.035, Health |
|
and Safety Code, or placed on deferred adjudication community |
|
supervision after being charged with one of those offenses, to be |
|
subject to: |
|
(1) the control measures of Section 81.083, Health and |
|
Safety Code; and |
|
(2) the court-ordered-management provisions of |
|
Subchapter G, Chapter 81, Health and Safety Code. |
|
(b) At any time during the period of community supervision, |
|
the judge may issue a warrant for a violation of any condition of |
|
community supervision and cause the defendant to be arrested. Any |
|
supervision officer, police officer, or other officer with the |
|
power of arrest may arrest the defendant with or without a warrant |
|
on the order of the judge to be noted on the docket of the court. |
|
Subject to Subsection (c), a defendant arrested under this |
|
subsection may be detained in the county jail or other appropriate |
|
place of confinement until the defendant can be taken before the |
|
judge for a determination regarding the alleged violation. The |
|
arresting officer shall immediately report the arrest and detention |
|
to the judge. |
|
(c) Without any unnecessary delay, but not later than 48 |
|
hours after the defendant is arrested, the arresting officer or the |
|
person with custody of the defendant shall take the defendant |
|
before the judge who ordered the arrest for the alleged violation of |
|
a condition of community supervision or, if the judge is |
|
unavailable, before a magistrate of the county in which the |
|
defendant was arrested. The judge or magistrate shall perform all |
|
appropriate duties and may exercise all appropriate powers as |
|
provided by Article 15.17 with respect to an arrest for a new |
|
offense, except that only the judge who ordered the arrest for the |
|
alleged violation may authorize the defendant's release on |
|
bail. The defendant may be taken before the judge or magistrate |
|
under this subsection by means of an electronic broadcast system as |
|
provided by and subject to the requirements of Article 15.17. |
|
(d) If the defendant has not been released on bail as |
|
permitted under Subsection (c), on motion by the defendant, the |
|
judge who ordered the arrest for the alleged violation of a |
|
condition of community supervision shall cause the defendant to be |
|
brought before the judge for a hearing on the alleged violation |
|
within 20 days of the date the motion is filed. After a hearing |
|
without a jury, the judge may continue, extend, modify, or revoke |
|
the community supervision. |
|
(e) A judge may revoke without a hearing the community |
|
supervision of a defendant who is imprisoned in a penal institution |
|
if the defendant in writing before a court of record in the |
|
jurisdiction where the defendant is imprisoned: |
|
(1) waives the defendant's right to a hearing and to |
|
counsel; |
|
(2) affirms that the defendant has nothing to say as to |
|
why sentence should not be pronounced against the defendant; and |
|
(3) requests the judge to revoke community supervision |
|
and to pronounce sentence. |
|
(f) In a felony case, the state may amend the motion to |
|
revoke community supervision at any time before the seventh day |
|
before the date of the revocation hearing, after which time the |
|
motion may not be amended except for good cause shown. The state |
|
may not amend the motion after the commencement of taking evidence |
|
at the revocation hearing. |
|
(g) The judge may continue the revocation hearing for good |
|
cause shown by either the defendant or the state. |
|
(h) The court may not revoke the community supervision of a |
|
defendant if, at the revocation hearing, the court finds that the |
|
only evidence supporting the alleged violation of a condition of |
|
community supervision is the uncorroborated results of a polygraph |
|
examination. |
|
(i) In a revocation hearing at which it is alleged only that |
|
the defendant violated the conditions of community supervision by |
|
failing to pay compensation paid to appointed counsel, community |
|
supervision fees, or court costs, the state must prove by a |
|
preponderance of the evidence that the defendant was able to pay and |
|
did not pay as ordered by the judge. |
|
(j) The court may order a community supervision and |
|
corrections department to obtain information pertaining to the |
|
factors listed under Article 42.037(h) and include that information |
|
in the presentence report required under Article 42A.252(a) or a |
|
separate report, as the court directs. |
|
(k) A defendant has a right to counsel at a hearing under |
|
this article. The court shall appoint counsel for an indigent |
|
defendant in accordance with the procedures adopted under Article |
|
26.04. |
|
(l) A court retains jurisdiction to hold a hearing under |
|
Subsection (d) and to revoke, continue, or modify community |
|
supervision, regardless of whether the period of community |
|
supervision imposed on the defendant has expired, if before the |
|
expiration of the supervision period: |
|
(1) the attorney representing the state files a motion |
|
to revoke, continue, or modify community supervision; and |
|
(2) a capias is issued for the arrest of the defendant. |
|
(Code Crim. Proc., Art. 42.12, Sec. 21.) |
|
Art. 42A.752. CONTINUATION OR MODIFICATION OF COMMUNITY |
|
SUPERVISION AFTER VIOLATION. (a) If after a hearing under Article |
|
42A.751(d) a judge continues or modifies community supervision |
|
after determining that the defendant violated a condition of |
|
community supervision, the judge may impose any other conditions |
|
the judge determines are appropriate, including: |
|
(1) a requirement that the defendant perform community |
|
service for a number of hours specified by the court under Article |
|
42A.304, or an increase in the number of hours that the defendant |
|
has previously been required to perform under that article in an |
|
amount not to exceed double the number of hours permitted by that |
|
article; |
|
(2) an extension of the period of community |
|
supervision, in the manner described by Article 42A.753; |
|
(3) an increase in the defendant's fine, in the manner |
|
described by Subsection (b); or |
|
(4) the placement of the defendant in a substance |
|
abuse felony punishment program operated under Section 493.009, |
|
Government Code, if: |
|
(A) the defendant is convicted of a felony other |
|
than: |
|
(i) a felony under Section 21.11, 22.011, |
|
or 22.021, Penal Code; or |
|
(ii) criminal attempt of a felony under |
|
Section 21.11, 22.011, or 22.021, Penal Code; and |
|
(B) the judge makes an affirmative finding that: |
|
(i) drug or alcohol abuse significantly |
|
contributed to the commission of the offense or violation of a |
|
condition of community supervision, as applicable; and |
|
(ii) the defendant is a suitable candidate |
|
for treatment, as determined by the suitability criteria |
|
established by the Texas Board of Criminal Justice under Section |
|
493.009(b), Government Code. |
|
(b) A judge may impose a sanction on a defendant described |
|
by Subsection (a)(3) by increasing the fine imposed on the |
|
defendant. The original fine imposed on the defendant and an |
|
increase in the fine imposed under this subsection may not exceed |
|
the maximum fine for the offense for which the defendant was |
|
sentenced. The judge shall deposit money received from an increase |
|
in the defendant's fine under this subsection in the special fund of |
|
the county treasury to be used for the same purposes for which state |
|
aid may be used under Chapter 76, Government Code. |
|
(c) If the judge imposes a sanction under Subsection (a)(4), |
|
the judge shall also impose a condition requiring the defendant on |
|
successful completion of the program to participate in a drug or |
|
alcohol abuse continuum of care treatment plan. (Code Crim. Proc., |
|
Art. 42.12, Secs. 22(a), (b), (d).) |
|
Art. 42A.753. EXTENSION OF COMMUNITY SUPERVISION AFTER |
|
VIOLATION. (a) On a showing of good cause, the judge may extend a |
|
period of community supervision under Article 42A.752(a)(2) as |
|
frequently as the judge determines is necessary, but the period of |
|
community supervision in a first, second, or third degree felony |
|
case may not exceed 10 years and, except as otherwise provided by |
|
Subsection (b), the period of community supervision in a |
|
misdemeanor case may not exceed three years. |
|
(b) The judge may extend the period of community supervision |
|
in a misdemeanor case for any period the judge determines is |
|
necessary, not to exceed an additional two years beyond the |
|
three-year limit provided by Subsection (a), if: |
|
(1) the defendant fails to pay a previously assessed |
|
fine, cost, or restitution; and |
|
(2) the judge determines that extending the |
|
supervision period increases the likelihood that the defendant will |
|
fully pay the fine, cost, or restitution. |
|
(c) A court may extend a period of community supervision |
|
under Article 42A.752(a)(2): |
|
(1) at any time during the supervision period; or |
|
(2) before the first anniversary of the date the |
|
supervision period ends, if a motion for revocation of community |
|
supervision is filed before the date the supervision period ends. |
|
(Code Crim. Proc., Art. 42.12, Sec. 22(c).) |
|
Art. 42A.754. AUTHORITY TO REVOKE COMMUNITY SUPERVISION. |
|
Only the court in which the defendant was tried may revoke the |
|
defendant's community supervision unless the judge has transferred |
|
jurisdiction of the case to another court under Article 42A.151. |
|
(Code Crim. Proc., Art. 42.12, Sec. 10(a) (part).) |
|
Art. 42A.755. REVOCATION OF COMMUNITY SUPERVISION. (a) If |
|
community supervision is revoked after a hearing under Article |
|
42A.751(d), the judge may: |
|
(1) proceed to dispose of the case as if there had been |
|
no community supervision; or |
|
(2) if the judge determines that the best interests of |
|
society and the defendant would be served by a shorter term of |
|
confinement, reduce the term of confinement originally assessed to |
|
any term of confinement not less than the minimum prescribed for the |
|
offense of which the defendant was convicted. |
|
(b) The judge shall enter in the judgment in the case the |
|
amount of restitution owed by the defendant on the date of |
|
revocation. |
|
(c) Except as otherwise provided by Subsection (d), no part |
|
of the period that the defendant is on community supervision may be |
|
considered as any part of the term that the defendant is sentenced |
|
to serve. |
|
(d) On revocation, the judge shall credit to the defendant |
|
time served as a condition of community supervision in a substance |
|
abuse felony punishment facility operated by the Texas Department |
|
of Criminal Justice under Section 493.009, Government Code, or |
|
other court-ordered residential program or facility, but only if |
|
the defendant successfully completes the treatment program in that |
|
facility. |
|
(e) The right of the defendant to appeal for a review of the |
|
conviction and punishment, as provided by law, shall be accorded |
|
the defendant at the time the defendant is placed on community |
|
supervision. When the defendant is notified that the defendant's |
|
community supervision is revoked for a violation of the conditions |
|
of community supervision and the defendant is called on to serve a |
|
sentence in a jail or in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, |
|
the defendant may appeal the revocation. (Code Crim. Proc., |
|
Art. 42.12, Sec. 23.) |
|
Art. 42A.756. DUE DILIGENCE DEFENSE. For the purposes of a |
|
hearing under Article 42A.751(d), it is an affirmative defense to |
|
revocation for an alleged violation based on a failure to report to |
|
a supervision officer as directed or to remain within a specified |
|
place that no supervision officer, peace officer, or other officer |
|
with the power of arrest under a warrant issued by a judge for that |
|
alleged violation contacted or attempted to contact the defendant |
|
in person at the defendant's last known residence address or last |
|
known employment address, as reflected in the files of the |
|
department serving the county in which the order of deferred |
|
adjudication community supervision was entered. (Code Crim. Proc., |
|
Art. 42.12, Sec. 24 (part).) |
|
Art. 42A.757. EXTENSION OF COMMUNITY SUPERVISION FOR |
|
CERTAIN SEX OFFENDERS. (a) If a defendant is placed on deferred |
|
adjudication community supervision after being convicted of an |
|
offense under Section 21.11, 22.011, or 22.021, Penal Code, at any |
|
time during the period of community supervision, the judge may |
|
extend the period of community supervision as provided by this |
|
article. |
|
(b) At a hearing at which the defendant is provided the same |
|
rights as are provided to a defendant at a hearing under Article |
|
42A.751(d), the judge may extend the defendant's supervision period |
|
for a period not to exceed 10 additional years if the judge |
|
determines that: |
|
(1) the defendant has not sufficiently demonstrated a |
|
commitment to avoid future criminal behavior; and |
|
(2) the release of the defendant from supervision |
|
would endanger the public. |
|
(c) A judge may extend a period of community supervision |
|
under this article only once. |
|
(d) A judge may extend a period of community supervision for |
|
a defendant under both Article 42A.752(a)(2) and this article. |
|
(e) The prohibition in Article 42A.753(a) against a period |
|
of community supervision in a felony case exceeding 10 years does |
|
not apply to a defendant for whom community supervision is |
|
increased under this article or under both Article 42A.752(a)(2) and this article. (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 42.12, Sec. 22A.) |
|
|
|
ARTICLE 2. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS |
|
SECTION 2.01. Sections 106.06(d) and (e), Alcoholic |
|
Beverage Code, are amended to read as follows: |
|
(d) A judge, acting under Chapter 42A [Article 42.12], Code |
|
of Criminal Procedure, who places a defendant charged with an |
|
offense under this section on community supervision under that |
|
chapter [article] shall, if the defendant committed the offense at |
|
a gathering where participants were involved in the abuse of |
|
alcohol, including binge drinking or forcing or coercing |
|
individuals to consume alcohol, in addition to any other condition |
|
imposed by the judge: |
|
(1) require the defendant to: |
|
(A) perform community service for not less than |
|
20 or more than 40 hours; and |
|
(B) attend an alcohol awareness program approved |
|
under Section 106.115; and |
|
(2) order the Department of Public Safety to suspend |
|
the driver's license or permit of the defendant or, if the defendant |
|
does not have a driver's license or permit, to deny the issuance of |
|
a driver's license or permit to the defendant for 180 days. |
|
(e) Community service ordered under Subsection (d) is in |
|
addition to any community service ordered by the judge under |
|
Article 42A.304 [Section 16, Article 42.12], Code of Criminal |
|
Procedure, and must be related to education about or prevention of |
|
misuse of alcohol if programs or services providing that education |
|
are available in the community in which the court is located. If |
|
programs or services providing that education are not available, |
|
the court may order community service that the court considers |
|
appropriate for rehabilitative purposes. |
|
SECTION 2.02. Section 142.002(b), Civil Practice and |
|
Remedies Code, is amended to read as follows: |
|
(b) This section does not preclude a cause of action for |
|
negligent hiring or the failure of an employer, general contractor, |
|
premises owner, or other third party to provide adequate |
|
supervision of an employee, if: |
|
(1) the employer, general contractor, premises owner, |
|
or other third party knew or should have known of the conviction; |
|
and |
|
(2) the employee was convicted of: |
|
(A) an offense that was committed while |
|
performing duties substantially similar to those reasonably |
|
expected to be performed in the employment, or under conditions |
|
substantially similar to those reasonably expected to be |
|
encountered in the employment, taking into consideration the |
|
factors listed in Sections 53.022 and 53.023(a), Occupations Code, |
|
without regard to whether the occupation requires a license; |
|
(B) an offense listed in Article 42A.054 [Section
|
|
3g, Article 42.12], Code of Criminal Procedure; or |
|
(C) a sexually violent offense, as defined by |
|
Article 62.001, Code of Criminal Procedure. |
|
SECTION 2.03. Section 152.003(c), Civil Practice and |
|
Remedies Code, is amended to read as follows: |
|
(c) A criminal case may not be referred to the system if the |
|
defendant is charged with or convicted of an offense listed in |
|
Article 42A.054(a) [Section 3g(a)(1), Article 42.12], Code of |
|
Criminal Procedure, or convicted of an offense, the judgment for |
|
which contains an affirmative finding under Article 42A.054(c) or |
|
(d) [Section 3g(a)(2), Article 42.12], Code of Criminal Procedure. |
|
SECTION 2.04. Article 5.08, Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
|
amended to read as follows: |
|
Art. 5.08. MEDIATION IN FAMILY VIOLENCE CASES. |
|
Notwithstanding Article 26.13(g) or 42A.301(15) [Section
|
|
11(a)(16), Article 42.12, of this code], in a criminal prosecution |
|
arising from family violence, as that term is defined by Section |
|
71.004, Family Code, a court shall not refer or order the victim or |
|
the defendant involved to mediation, dispute resolution, |
|
arbitration, or other similar procedures. |
|
SECTION 2.05. Article 17.091, Code of Criminal Procedure, |
|
is amended to read as follows: |
|
Art. 17.091. NOTICE OF CERTAIN BAIL REDUCTIONS REQUIRED. |
|
Before a judge or magistrate reduces the amount of bail set for a |
|
defendant charged with an offense listed in Article 42A.054 |
|
[Section 3g, Article 42.12], an offense described by Article |
|
62.001(5), or an offense under Section 20A.03, Penal Code, the |
|
judge or magistrate shall provide: |
|
(1) to the attorney representing the state, reasonable |
|
notice of the proposed bail reduction; and |
|
(2) on request of the attorney representing the state |
|
or the defendant or the defendant's counsel, an opportunity for a |
|
hearing concerning the proposed bail reduction. |
|
SECTION 2.06. Article 26.052(d)(3), Code of Criminal |
|
Procedure, is amended to read as follows: |
|
(3) The standards must require that an attorney |
|
appointed as lead appellate counsel in the direct appeal of a |
|
capital case: |
|
(A) be a member of the State Bar of Texas; |
|
(B) exhibit proficiency and commitment to |
|
providing quality representation to defendants in death penalty |
|
cases; |
|
(C) have not been found by a federal or state |
|
court to have rendered ineffective assistance of counsel during the |
|
trial or appeal of any capital case, unless the local selection |
|
committee determines under Subsection (n) that the conduct |
|
underlying the finding no longer accurately reflects the attorney's |
|
ability to provide effective representation; |
|
(D) have at least five years of criminal law |
|
experience; |
|
(E) have authored a significant number of |
|
appellate briefs, including appellate briefs for homicide cases and |
|
other cases involving an offense punishable as a capital felony or a |
|
felony of the first degree or an offense described by Article |
|
42A.054(a) [Section 3g(a)(1), Article 42.12]; |
|
(F) have trial or appellate experience in: |
|
(i) the use of and challenges to mental |
|
health or forensic expert witnesses; and |
|
(ii) the use of mitigating evidence at the |
|
penalty phase of a death penalty trial; and |
|
(G) have participated in continuing legal |
|
education courses or other training relating to criminal defense in |
|
appealing death penalty cases. |
|
SECTION 2.07. Section 3(d), Article 37.07, Code of Criminal |
|
Procedure, is amended to read as follows: |
|
(d) When the judge assesses the punishment, the judge [he] |
|
may order a presentence [an investigative] report as contemplated |
|
in Subchapter F, Chapter 42A, [Section 9 of Article 42.12 of this
|
|
code] and after considering the report, and after the hearing of the |
|
evidence hereinabove provided for, the judge [he] shall forthwith |
|
announce the judge's [his] decision in open court as to the |
|
punishment to be assessed. |
|
SECTION 2.08. Sections 4(a), (b), and (c), Article 37.07, |
|
Code of Criminal Procedure, are amended to read as follows: |
|
(a) In the penalty phase of the trial of a felony case in |
|
which the punishment is to be assessed by the jury rather than the |
|
court, if the offense of which the jury has found the defendant |
|
guilty is an offense under Section 71.02, Penal Code, other than an |
|
offense punishable as a state jail felony under that section, an |
|
offense under Section 71.023, Penal Code, or an offense listed in |
|
Article 42A.054(a) [Section 3g(a)(1), Article 42.12], or if the |
|
judgment contains an affirmative finding under Article 42A.054(c) |
|
or (d) [Section 3g(a)(2), Article 42.12], unless the defendant has |
|
been convicted of an offense under Section 21.02, Penal Code, an |
|
offense under Section 22.021, Penal Code, that is punishable under |
|
Subsection (f) of that section, or a capital felony, the court shall |
|
charge the jury in writing as follows: |
|
"Under the law applicable in this case, the defendant, if |
|
sentenced to a term of imprisonment, may earn time off the period of |
|
incarceration imposed through the award of good conduct time. |
|
Prison authorities may award good conduct time to a prisoner who |
|
exhibits good behavior, diligence in carrying out prison work |
|
assignments, and attempts at rehabilitation. If a prisoner engages |
|
in misconduct, prison authorities may also take away all or part of |
|
any good conduct time earned by the prisoner. |
|
"It is also possible that the length of time for which the |
|
defendant will be imprisoned might be reduced by the award of |
|
parole. |
|
"Under the law applicable in this case, if the defendant is |
|
sentenced to a term of imprisonment, the defendant will not become |
|
eligible for parole until the actual time served equals one-half of |
|
the sentence imposed or 30 years, whichever is less, without |
|
consideration of any good conduct time the defendant may earn. If |
|
the defendant is sentenced to a term of less than four years, the |
|
defendant must serve at least two years before the defendant is |
|
eligible for parole. Eligibility for parole does not guarantee |
|
that parole will be granted. |
|
"It cannot accurately be predicted how the parole law and |
|
good conduct time might be applied to this defendant if sentenced to |
|
a term of imprisonment, because the application of these laws will |
|
depend on decisions made by prison and parole authorities. |
|
"You may consider the existence of the parole law and good |
|
conduct time. However, you are not to consider the extent to which |
|
good conduct time may be awarded to or forfeited by this particular |
|
defendant. You are not to consider the manner in which the parole |
|
law may be applied to this particular defendant." |
|
(b) In the penalty phase of the trial of a felony case in |
|
which the punishment is to be assessed by the jury rather than the |
|
court, if the offense is punishable as a felony of the first degree, |
|
if a prior conviction has been alleged for enhancement of |
|
punishment as provided by Section 12.42(b), (c)(1) or (2), or (d), |
|
Penal Code, or if the offense is a felony not designated as a |
|
capital felony or a felony of the first, second, or third degree and |
|
the maximum term of imprisonment that may be imposed for the offense |
|
is longer than 60 years, unless the offense of which the jury has |
|
found the defendant guilty is an offense that is punishable under |
|
Section 21.02(h), Penal Code, or is listed in Article 42A.054(a) |
|
[Section 3g(a)(1), Article 42.12, of this code] or the judgment |
|
contains an affirmative finding under Article 42A.054(c) or (d) |
|
[Section 3g(a)(2), Article 42.12, of this code], the court shall |
|
charge the jury in writing as follows: |
|
"Under the law applicable in this case, the defendant, if |
|
sentenced to a term of imprisonment, may earn time off the period of |
|
incarceration imposed through the award of good conduct time. |
|
Prison authorities may award good conduct time to a prisoner who |
|
exhibits good behavior, diligence in carrying out prison work |
|
assignments, and attempts at rehabilitation. If a prisoner engages |
|
in misconduct, prison authorities may also take away all or part of |
|
any good conduct time earned by the prisoner. |
|
"It is also possible that the length of time for which the |
|
defendant will be imprisoned might be reduced by the award of |
|
parole. |
|
"Under the law applicable in this case, if the defendant is |
|
sentenced to a term of imprisonment, he will not become eligible for |
|
parole until the actual time served plus any good conduct time |
|
earned equals one-fourth of the sentence imposed or 15 years, |
|
whichever is less. Eligibility for parole does not guarantee that |
|
parole will be granted. |
|
"It cannot accurately be predicted how the parole law and |
|
good conduct time might be applied to this defendant if he is |
|
sentenced to a term of imprisonment, because the application of |
|
these laws will depend on decisions made by prison and parole |
|
authorities. |
|
"You may consider the existence of the parole law and good |
|
conduct time. However, you are not to consider the extent to which |
|
good conduct time may be awarded to or forfeited by this particular |
|
defendant. You are not to consider the manner in which the parole |
|
law may be applied to this particular defendant." |
|
(c) In the penalty phase of the trial of a felony case in |
|
which the punishment is to be assessed by the jury rather than the |
|
court, if the offense is punishable as a felony of the second or |
|
third degree, if a prior conviction has been alleged for |
|
enhancement as provided by Section 12.42(a), Penal Code, or if the |
|
offense is a felony not designated as a capital felony or a felony |
|
of the first, second, or third degree and the maximum term of |
|
imprisonment that may be imposed for the offense is 60 years or |
|
less, unless the offense of which the jury has found the defendant |
|
guilty is listed in Article 42A.054(a) [Section 3g(a)(1), Article
|
|
42.12, of this code] or the judgment contains an affirmative |
|
finding under Article 42A.054(c) or (d) [Section 3g(a)(2), Article
|
|
42.12, of this code], the court shall charge the jury in writing as |
|
follows: |
|
"Under the law applicable in this case, the defendant, if |
|
sentenced to a term of imprisonment, may earn time off the period of |
|
incarceration imposed through the award of good conduct time. |
|
Prison authorities may award good conduct time to a prisoner who |
|
exhibits good behavior, diligence in carrying out prison work |
|
assignments, and attempts at rehabilitation. If a prisoner engages |
|
in misconduct, prison authorities may also take away all or part of |
|
any good conduct time earned by the prisoner. |
|
"It is also possible that the length of time for which the |
|
defendant will be imprisoned might be reduced by the award of |
|
parole. |
|
"Under the law applicable in this case, if the defendant is |
|
sentenced to a term of imprisonment, he will not become eligible for |
|
parole until the actual time served plus any good conduct time |
|
earned equals one-fourth of the sentence imposed. Eligibility for |
|
parole does not guarantee that parole will be granted. |
|
"It cannot accurately be predicted how the parole law and |
|
good conduct time might be applied to this defendant if he is |
|
sentenced to a term of imprisonment, because the application of |
|
these laws will depend on decisions made by prison and parole |
|
authorities. |
|
"You may consider the existence of the parole law and good |
|
conduct time. However, you are not to consider the extent to which |
|
good conduct time may be awarded to or forfeited by this particular |
|
defendant. You are not to consider the manner in which the parole |
|
law may be applied to this particular defendant." |
|
SECTION 2.09. Section 1, Article 38.33, Code of Criminal |
|
Procedure, is amended to read as follows: |
|
Sec. 1. The court shall order that a defendant who is |
|
convicted of a felony or a misdemeanor offense that is punishable by |
|
confinement in jail have a thumbprint of the defendant's right |
|
thumb rolled legibly on the judgment or the docket sheet in the |
|
case. The court shall order a defendant who is placed on deferred |
|
adjudication community supervision [probation] under Subchapter C, |
|
Chapter 42A [Section 5 of Article 42.12, Code of Criminal
|
|
Procedure], for an offense described by this section to have a |
|
thumbprint of the defendant's right thumb rolled legibly on the |
|
order placing the defendant on deferred adjudication community |
|
supervision [probation]. If the defendant does not have a right |
|
thumb, the defendant must have a thumbprint of the defendant's left |
|
thumb rolled legibly on the judgment, order, or docket sheet. The |
|
defendant must have a fingerprint of the defendant's index finger |
|
rolled legibly on the judgment, order, or docket sheet if the |
|
defendant does not have a right thumb or a left thumb. The |
|
judgment, order, or docket sheet must contain a statement that |
|
describes from which thumb or finger the print was taken, unless a |
|
rolled 10-finger print set was taken. A clerk or bailiff of the |
|
court or other person qualified to take fingerprints shall take the |
|
thumbprint or fingerprint, either by use of the ink-rolled print |
|
method or by use of a live-scanning device that prints the |
|
thumbprint or fingerprint image on the judgment, order, or docket |
|
sheet. |
|
SECTION 2.10. Section 1, Article 42.01, Code of Criminal |
|
Procedure, is amended to read as follows: |
|
Sec. 1. A judgment is the written declaration of the court |
|
signed by the trial judge and entered of record showing the |
|
conviction or acquittal of the defendant. The sentence served |
|
shall be based on the information contained in the judgment. The |
|
judgment shall reflect: |
|
1. The title and number of the case; |
|
2. That the case was called and the parties appeared, |
|
naming the attorney for the state, the defendant, and the attorney |
|
for the defendant, or, where a defendant is not represented by |
|
counsel, that the defendant knowingly, intelligently, and |
|
voluntarily waived the right to representation by counsel; |
|
3. The plea or pleas of the defendant to the offense |
|
charged; |
|
4. Whether the case was tried before a jury or a jury |
|
was waived; |
|
5. The submission of the evidence, if any; |
|
6. In cases tried before a jury that the jury was |
|
charged by the court; |
|
7. The verdict or verdicts of the jury or the finding |
|
or findings of the court; |
|
8. In the event of a conviction that the defendant is |
|
adjudged guilty of the offense as found by the verdict of the jury |
|
or the finding of the court, and that the defendant be punished in |
|
accordance with the jury's verdict or the court's finding as to the |
|
proper punishment; |
|
9. In the event of conviction where death or any |
|
punishment is assessed that the defendant be sentenced to death, a |
|
term of confinement or community supervision, or to pay a fine, as |
|
the case may be; |
|
10. In the event of conviction where the imposition of |
|
sentence is suspended and the defendant is placed on community |
|
supervision, setting forth the punishment assessed, the length of |
|
community supervision, and the conditions of community |
|
supervision; |
|
11. In the event of acquittal that the defendant be |
|
discharged; |
|
12. The county and court in which the case was tried |
|
and, if there was a change of venue in the case, the name of the |
|
county in which the prosecution was originated; |
|
13. The offense or offenses for which the defendant |
|
was convicted; |
|
14. The date of the offense or offenses and degree of |
|
offense for which the defendant was convicted; |
|
15. The term of sentence; |
|
16. The date judgment is entered; |
|
17. The date sentence is imposed; |
|
18. The date sentence is to commence and any credit for |
|
time served; |
|
19. The terms of any order entered pursuant to Article |
|
42.08 [of this code] that the defendant's sentence is to run |
|
cumulatively or concurrently with another sentence or sentences; |
|
20. The terms of any plea bargain; |
|
21. Affirmative findings entered pursuant to Article |
|
42A.054(c) or (d) [Subdivision (2) of Subsection (a) of Section 3g
|
|
of Article 42.12 of this code]; |
|
22. The terms of any fee payment ordered under Article |
|
42.151 [of this code]; |
|
23. The defendant's thumbprint taken in accordance |
|
with Article 38.33 [of this code]; |
|
24. In the event that the judge orders the defendant to |
|
repay a reward or part of a reward under Articles 37.073 and 42.152 |
|
[of this code], a statement of the amount of the payment or payments |
|
required to be made; |
|
25. In the event that the court orders restitution to |
|
be paid to the victim, a statement of the amount of restitution |
|
ordered and: |
|
(A) the name and address of a person or agency |
|
that will accept and forward restitution payments to the victim; or |
|
(B) if the court specifically elects to have |
|
payments made directly to the crime victim, the name and permanent |
|
address of the victim at the time of judgment; |
|
26. In the event that a presentence investigation is |
|
required by Subchapter F, Chapter 42A [Section 9(a), (b), (h), or
|
|
(i), Article 42.12 of this code], a statement that the presentence |
|
investigation was done according to the applicable provision; |
|
27. In the event of conviction of an offense for which |
|
registration as a sex offender is required under Chapter 62, a |
|
statement that the registration requirement of that chapter applies |
|
to the defendant and a statement of the age of the victim of the |
|
offense; |
|
28. The defendant's state identification number |
|
required by Section 60.052(a)(2), if that number has been assigned |
|
at the time of the judgment; and |
|
29. The incident number required by Section |
|
60.052(a)(4), if that number has been assigned at the time of the |
|
judgment. |
|
SECTION 2.11. Article 42.025(b), Code of Criminal |
|
Procedure, is amended to read as follows: |
|
(b) A judge may, at a secondary school, receive a plea of |
|
guilty or nolo contendere from a defendant charged with an offense |
|
described by Subsection (a) and place the defendant on deferred |
|
adjudication under Subchapter C, Chapter 42A [Section 5, Article
|
|
42.12], if: |
|
(1) the judge makes the determination that the |
|
proceeding would have educational value, as provided by Subsection |
|
(a)(1); |
|
(2) the defendant and the school agree to the location |
|
of the proceeding, as provided by Subsections (a)(2) and (3); and |
|
(3) appropriate measures are taken in regard to the |
|
safety of students and the rights of the defendant, as described by |
|
Subsection (a)(4). |
|
SECTION 2.12. Section 2(b), Article 42.03, Code of Criminal |
|
Procedure, is amended to read as follows: |
|
(b) In all revocations of a suspension of the imposition of |
|
a sentence the judge shall enter the restitution [or reparation] |
|
due and owing on the date of the revocation. |
|
SECTION 2.13. Articles 42.037(i) and (j), Code of Criminal |
|
Procedure, are amended to read as follows: |
|
(i) In addition to any other terms and conditions of |
|
community supervision [probation] imposed under Chapter 42A |
|
[Article 42.12], the court may require a defendant [probationer] to |
|
reimburse the compensation to victims of crime fund created under |
|
Subchapter B, Chapter 56, for any amounts paid from that fund to or |
|
on behalf of a victim of the defendant's [probationer's] offense. |
|
In this subsection, "victim" has the meaning assigned by Article |
|
56.32. |
|
(j) The court may order a community supervision and |
|
corrections department to obtain information pertaining to the |
|
factors listed in Subsection (c) [of this article]. The |
|
supervision [probation] officer shall include the information in |
|
the report required under Article 42A.252(a) [Section 9(a), Article
|
|
42.12, of this code] or a separate report, as the court directs. |
|
The court shall permit the defendant and the prosecuting attorney |
|
to read the report. |
|
SECTION 2.14. Article 42.08(a), Code of Criminal Procedure, |
|
is amended to read as follows: |
|
(a) When the same defendant has been convicted in two or |
|
more cases, judgment and sentence shall be pronounced in each case |
|
in the same manner as if there had been but one conviction. Except |
|
as provided by Subsections [Sections] (b) and (c) [of this
|
|
article], in the discretion of the court, the judgment in the second |
|
and subsequent convictions may either be that the sentence imposed |
|
or suspended shall begin when the judgment and the sentence imposed |
|
or suspended in the preceding conviction has ceased to operate, or |
|
that the sentence imposed or suspended shall run concurrently with |
|
the other case or cases, and sentence and execution shall be |
|
accordingly; provided, however, that the cumulative total of |
|
suspended sentences in felony cases shall not exceed 10 years, and |
|
the cumulative total of suspended sentences in misdemeanor cases |
|
shall not exceed the maximum period of confinement in jail |
|
applicable to the misdemeanor offenses, though in no event more |
|
than three years, including extensions of periods of community |
|
supervision under Article 42A.752(a)(2) [Section 22, Article
|
|
42.12, of this code], if none of the offenses are offenses under |
|
Chapter 49, Penal Code, or four years, including extensions, if any |
|
of the offenses are offenses under Chapter 49, Penal Code. |
|
SECTION 2.15. Section 7, Article 42.09, Code of Criminal |
|
Procedure, is amended to read as follows: |
|
Sec. 7. If a defendant is sentenced to a term of |
|
imprisonment in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice but is not |
|
transferred to the department under Section 3 or 4, the court, |
|
before the date on which it would lose jurisdiction under Article |
|
42A.202(a) [Section 6(a), Article 42.12], shall send to the |
|
department a document containing a statement of the date on which |
|
the defendant's sentence was pronounced and credits earned by the |
|
defendant under Article 42.03 as of the date of the statement. |
|
SECTION 2.16. Section 8(a), Article 42.09, Code of Criminal |
|
Procedure, is amended to read as follows: |
|
(a) A county that transfers a defendant to the Texas |
|
Department of Criminal Justice under this article shall deliver to |
|
an officer designated by the department: |
|
(1) a copy of the judgment entered pursuant to Article |
|
42.01, completed on a standardized felony judgment form described |
|
by Section 4 of that article; |
|
(2) a copy of any order revoking community supervision |
|
and imposing sentence pursuant to Article 42A.755 [Section 23,
|
|
Article 42.12], including: |
|
(A) any amounts owed for restitution, fines, and |
|
court costs, completed on a standardized felony judgment form |
|
described by Section 4, Article 42.01; and |
|
(B) a copy of the client supervision plan |
|
prepared for the defendant by the community supervision and |
|
corrections department supervising the defendant, if such a plan |
|
was prepared; |
|
(3) a written report that states the nature and the |
|
seriousness of each offense and that states the citation to the |
|
provision or provisions of the Penal Code or other law under which |
|
the defendant was convicted; |
|
(4) a copy of the victim impact statement, if one has |
|
been prepared in the case under Article 56.03; |
|
(5) a statement as to whether there was a change in |
|
venue in the case and, if so, the names of the county prosecuting |
|
the offense and the county in which the case was tried; |
|
(6) if requested, information regarding the criminal |
|
history of the defendant, including the defendant's state |
|
identification number if the number has been issued; |
|
(7) a copy of the indictment or information for each |
|
offense; |
|
(8) a checklist sent by the department to the county |
|
and completed by the county in a manner indicating that the |
|
documents required by this subsection and Subsection (c) accompany |
|
the defendant; |
|
(9) if prepared, a copy of a presentence or |
|
postsentence [investigation] report prepared under Subchapter F, |
|
Chapter 42A [Section 9, Article 42.12]; |
|
(10) a copy of any detainer, issued by an agency of the |
|
federal government, that is in the possession of the county and that |
|
has been placed on the defendant; |
|
(11) if prepared, a copy of the defendant's Texas |
|
Uniform Health Status Update Form; and |
|
(12) a written description of a hold or warrant, |
|
issued by any other jurisdiction, that the county is aware of and |
|
that has been placed on or issued for the defendant. |
|
SECTION 2.17. Article 42.14(b), Code of Criminal Procedure, |
|
is amended to read as follows: |
|
(b) In a felony case, the judgment and sentence may be |
|
rendered in the absence of the defendant only if: |
|
(1) the defendant is confined in a penal institution; |
|
(2) the defendant is not charged with a felony |
|
offense: |
|
(A) that is listed in Article 42A.054(a) [Section
|
|
3g(a)(1), Article 42.12]; or |
|
(B) for which it is alleged that: |
|
(i) a deadly weapon was used or exhibited |
|
during the commission of the offense or during immediate flight |
|
from the commission of the offense; and |
|
(ii) the defendant used or exhibited the |
|
deadly weapon or was a party to the offense and knew that a deadly |
|
weapon would be used or exhibited; |
|
(3) the defendant in writing before the appropriate |
|
court having jurisdiction in the county in which the penal |
|
institution is located: |
|
(A) waives the right to be present at the |
|
rendering of the judgment and sentence or to have counsel present; |
|
(B) affirms that the defendant does not have |
|
anything to say as to why the sentence should not be pronounced and |
|
that there is no reason to prevent the sentence under Article 42.07; |
|
(C) states that the defendant has entered into a |
|
written plea agreement with the attorney representing the state in |
|
the prosecution of the case; and |
|
(D) requests the court to pronounce sentence in |
|
the case in accordance with the plea agreement; |
|
(4) the defendant and the attorney representing the |
|
state in the prosecution of the case have entered into a written |
|
plea agreement that is made a part of the record in the case; and |
|
(5) sentence is pronounced in accordance with the plea |
|
agreement. |
|
SECTION 2.18. Article 44.01(j), Code of Criminal Procedure, |
|
is amended to read as follows: |
|
(j) Nothing in this article is to interfere with the |
|
defendant's right to appeal under the procedures of Article 44.02 |
|
[of this code]. The defendant's right to appeal under Article 44.02 |
|
may be prosecuted by the defendant where the punishment assessed is |
|
in accordance with Subchapter C, Chapter 42A [Subsection (a),
|
|
Section 3d, Article 42.12 of this code], as well as any other |
|
punishment assessed in compliance with Article 44.02 [of this
|
|
code]. |
|
SECTION 2.19. Article 44.04(b), Code of Criminal Procedure, |
|
is amended to read as follows: |
|
(b) The defendant may not be released on bail pending the |
|
appeal from any felony conviction where the punishment equals or |
|
exceeds 10 years confinement or where the defendant has been |
|
convicted of an offense listed under Article 42A.054(a) [Section
|
|
3g(a)(1), Article 42.12], but shall immediately be placed in |
|
custody and the bail discharged. |
|
SECTION 2.20. Articles 46B.073(c) and (d), Code of Criminal |
|
Procedure, as amended by S.B. No. 219, Acts of the 84th |
|
Legislature, Regular Session, 2015, are amended to read as follows: |
|
(c) If the defendant is charged with an offense listed in |
|
Article 17.032(a), other than an offense listed in Article |
|
17.032(a)(6), or the indictment alleges an affirmative finding |
|
under Article 42A.054(c) or (d) [Section 3g(a)(2), Article 42.12], |
|
the court shall enter an order committing the defendant to the |
|
maximum security unit of any facility designated by the Department |
|
of State Health Services, to an agency of the United States |
|
operating a mental hospital, or to a Department of Veterans Affairs |
|
hospital. |
|
(d) If the defendant is not charged with an offense |
|
described by Subsection (c) and the indictment does not allege an |
|
affirmative finding under Article 42A.054(c) or (d) [Section
|
|
3g(a)(2), Article 42.12], the court shall enter an order committing |
|
the defendant to a mental health facility or residential care |
|
facility determined to be appropriate by the local mental health |
|
authority or local intellectual and developmental disability |
|
authority. |
|
SECTION 2.21. Article 46B.104, Code of Criminal Procedure, |
|
as amended by S.B. No. 219, Acts of the 84th Legislature, Regular |
|
Session, 2015, is amended to read as follows: |
|
Art. 46B.104. CIVIL COMMITMENT PLACEMENT: FINDING OF |
|
VIOLENCE. A defendant committed to a facility as a result of |
|
proceedings initiated under this chapter shall be committed to the |
|
maximum security unit of any facility designated by the Department |
|
of State Health Services if: |
|
(1) the defendant is charged with an offense listed in |
|
Article 17.032(a), other than an offense listed in Article |
|
17.032(a)(6); or |
|
(2) the indictment charging the offense alleges an |
|
affirmative finding under Article 42A.054(c) or (d) [Section
|
|
3g(a)(2), Article 42.12]. |
|
SECTION 2.22. Article 48.01(b), Code of Criminal Procedure, |
|
is amended to read as follows: |
|
(b) The Board of Pardons and Paroles may recommend that the |
|
Governor grant a pardon to a person who: |
|
(1) is placed on deferred adjudication community |
|
supervision under Subchapter C, Chapter 42A [Section 5, Article
|
|
42.12], and subsequently receives a discharge and dismissal under |
|
Article 42A.111 [Section 5(c) of that article]; and |
|
(2) on or after the 10th anniversary of the date of |
|
discharge and dismissal, submits a written request to the board for |
|
a recommendation under this subsection. |
|
SECTION 2.23. Articles 55.01(a) and (a-1), Code of Criminal |
|
Procedure, are amended to read as follows: |
|
(a) A person who has been placed under a custodial or |
|
noncustodial arrest for commission of either a felony or |
|
misdemeanor is entitled to have all records and files relating to |
|
the arrest expunged if: |
|
(1) the person is tried for the offense for which the |
|
person was arrested and is: |
|
(A) acquitted by the trial court, except as |
|
provided by Subsection (c); or |
|
(B) convicted and subsequently: |
|
(i) pardoned for a reason other than that |
|
described by Subparagraph (ii); or |
|
(ii) pardoned or otherwise granted relief |
|
on the basis of actual innocence with respect to that offense, if |
|
the applicable pardon or court order clearly indicates on its face |
|
that the pardon or order was granted or rendered on the basis of the |
|
person's actual innocence; or |
|
(2) the person has been released and the charge, if |
|
any, has not resulted in a final conviction and is no longer pending |
|
and there was no court-ordered community supervision under Chapter |
|
42A [Article 42.12] for the offense, unless the offense is a Class C |
|
misdemeanor, provided that: |
|
(A) regardless of whether any statute of |
|
limitations exists for the offense and whether any limitations |
|
period for the offense has expired, an indictment or information |
|
charging the person with the commission of a misdemeanor offense |
|
based on the person's arrest or charging the person with the |
|
commission of any felony offense arising out of the same |
|
transaction for which the person was arrested: |
|
(i) has not been presented against the |
|
person at any time following the arrest, and: |
|
(a) at least 180 days have elapsed |
|
from the date of arrest if the arrest for which the expunction was |
|
sought was for an offense punishable as a Class C misdemeanor and if |
|
there was no felony charge arising out of the same transaction for |
|
which the person was arrested; |
|
(b) at least one year has elapsed from |
|
the date of arrest if the arrest for which the expunction was sought |
|
was for an offense punishable as a Class B or A misdemeanor and if |
|
there was no felony charge arising out of the same transaction for |
|
which the person was arrested; |
|
(c) at least three years have elapsed |
|
from the date of arrest if the arrest for which the expunction was |
|
sought was for an offense punishable as a felony or if there was a |
|
felony charge arising out of the same transaction for which the |
|
person was arrested; or |
|
(d) the attorney representing the |
|
state certifies that the applicable arrest records and files are |
|
not needed for use in any criminal investigation or prosecution, |
|
including an investigation or prosecution of another person; or |
|
(ii) if presented at any time following the |
|
arrest, was dismissed or quashed, and the court finds that the |
|
indictment or information was dismissed or quashed because the |
|
person completed a pretrial intervention program authorized under |
|
Section 76.011, Government Code, because the presentment had been |
|
made because of mistake, false information, or other similar reason |
|
indicating absence of probable cause at the time of the dismissal to |
|
believe the person committed the offense, or because the indictment |
|
or information was void; or |
|
(B) prosecution of the person for the offense for |
|
which the person was arrested is no longer possible because the |
|
limitations period has expired. |
|
(a-1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, |
|
a person may not expunge records and files relating to an arrest |
|
that occurs pursuant to a warrant issued under Article 42A.751(b) |
|
[Section 21, Article 42.12]. |
|
SECTION 2.24. Article 60.052(c), Code of Criminal |
|
Procedure, is amended to read as follows: |
|
(c) Information in the corrections tracking system relating |
|
to the handling of offenders must include the following information |
|
about each imprisonment, confinement, or execution of an offender: |
|
(1) the date of the imprisonment or confinement; |
|
(2) if the offender was sentenced to death: |
|
(A) the date of execution; and |
|
(B) if the death sentence was commuted, the |
|
sentence to which the sentence of death was commuted and the date of |
|
commutation; |
|
(3) the date the offender was released from |
|
imprisonment or confinement and whether the release was a discharge |
|
or a release on parole or mandatory supervision; |
|
(4) if the offender is released on parole or mandatory |
|
supervision: |
|
(A) the offense for which the offender was |
|
convicted by offense code and incident number; |
|
(B) the date the offender was received by an |
|
office of the parole division; |
|
(C) the county in which the offender resides |
|
while under supervision; |
|
(D) any program in which an offender is placed or |
|
has previously been placed and the level of supervision the |
|
offender is placed on while under the jurisdiction of the parole |
|
division; |
|
(E) the date a program described by Paragraph (D) |
|
begins, the date the program ends, and whether the program was |
|
completed successfully; |
|
(F) the date a level of supervision described by |
|
Paragraph (D) begins and the date the level of supervision ends; |
|
(G) if the offender's release status is revoked, |
|
the reason for the revocation and the date of revocation; |
|
(H) the expiration date of the sentence; and |
|
(I) the date of the offender's release from the |
|
parole division or the date on which the offender is granted |
|
clemency; and |
|
(5) if the offender is released under Article |
|
42A.202(b) [Section 6(a), Article 42.12], the date of the |
|
offender's release. |
|
SECTION 2.25. Article 60.08(e), Code of Criminal Procedure, |
|
is amended to read as follows: |
|
(e) A court that orders the release of an offender under |
|
Article 42A.202(b) [Section 6(a), Article 42.12,] at a time when |
|
the offender is under a bench warrant and not physically imprisoned |
|
in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shall report the |
|
release to the department not later than the seventh day after the |
|
date of the release. |
|
SECTION 2.26. Article 62.063(b), Code of Criminal |
|
Procedure, is amended to read as follows: |
|
(b) A person subject to registration under this chapter |
|
because of a reportable conviction or adjudication for which an |
|
affirmative finding is entered under Article 42.015(b) or |
|
42A.105(a) [Section 5(e)(2), Article 42.12], as appropriate, may |
|
not, for compensation: |
|
(1) operate or offer to operate a bus; |
|
(2) provide or offer to provide a passenger taxicab or |
|
limousine transportation service; |
|
(3) provide or offer to provide any type of service in |
|
the residence of another person unless the provision of service |
|
will be supervised; or |
|
(4) operate or offer to operate any amusement ride. |
|
SECTION 2.27. Articles 62.301(b) and (c), Code of Criminal |
|
Procedure, are amended to read as follows: |
|
(b) A person is eligible to petition the court as described |
|
by Subsection (a) if: |
|
(1) the person is required to register only as a result |
|
of a single reportable conviction or adjudication, other than an |
|
adjudication of delinquent conduct; and |
|
(2) the court has entered in the appropriate judgment |
|
or has filed with the appropriate papers a statement of an |
|
affirmative finding described by Article 42.017 or 42A.105(c) |
|
[Section 5(g), Article 42.12]. |
|
(c) A defendant who before September 1, 2011, is convicted |
|
of or placed on deferred adjudication community supervision for an |
|
offense under Section 21.11 or 22.011, Penal Code, is eligible to |
|
petition the court as described by Subsection (a). The court may |
|
consider the petition only if the petition states and the court |
|
finds that the defendant would have been entitled to the entry of an |
|
affirmative finding under Article 42.017 or 42A.105(c) [Section
|
|
5(g), Article 42.12], as appropriate, had the conviction or |
|
placement on deferred adjudication community supervision occurred |
|
after September 1, 2011. |
|
SECTION 2.28. Article 102.018(b), Code of Criminal |
|
Procedure, is amended to read as follows: |
|
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (d) [of this article], |
|
on conviction of an offense relating to the driving or operating of |
|
a motor vehicle punishable under Section 49.04(b), Penal Code, the |
|
court shall impose as a cost of court on the defendant an amount |
|
that is equal to the cost of an evaluation of the defendant |
|
performed under Article 42A.402(a) [Section 13(a), Article 42.12,
|
|
of this code]. Costs imposed under this subsection are in addition |
|
to other court costs and are due whether or not the defendant is |
|
granted community supervision [probation] in the case, except that |
|
if the court determines that the defendant is indigent and unable to |
|
pay the cost, the court may waive the imposition of the cost. |
|
SECTION 2.29. Article 102.020(a), Code of Criminal |
|
Procedure, is amended to read as follows: |
|
(a) A person shall pay as a cost of court: |
|
(1) $250 on conviction of an offense listed in Section |
|
411.1471(a)(1), Government Code; |
|
(2) $50 on conviction of an offense listed in Section |
|
411.1471(a)(3) of that code; or |
|
(3) $34 on placement of the person on community |
|
supervision, including deferred adjudication community |
|
supervision, if the person is required to submit a DNA sample under |
|
Article 42A.352 [Section 11(j), Article 42.12]. |
|
SECTION 2.30. Section 37.152(f), Education Code, is amended |
|
to read as follows: |
|
(f) Except if an offense causes the death of a student, in |
|
sentencing a person convicted of an offense under this section, the |
|
court may require the person to perform community service, subject |
|
to the same conditions imposed on a person placed on community |
|
supervision under Chapter 42A [Section 11, Article 42.12], Code of |
|
Criminal Procedure, for an appropriate period of time in lieu of |
|
confinement in county jail or in lieu of a part of the time the |
|
person is sentenced to confinement in county jail. |
|
SECTION 2.31. Section 53.045(a), Family Code, is amended to |
|
read as follows: |
|
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (e), the prosecuting |
|
attorney may refer the petition to the grand jury of the county in |
|
which the court in which the petition is filed presides if the |
|
petition alleges that the child engaged in delinquent conduct that |
|
constitutes habitual felony conduct as described by Section 51.031 |
|
or that included the violation of any of the following provisions: |
|
(1) Section 19.02, Penal Code (murder); |
|
(2) Section 19.03, Penal Code (capital murder); |
|
(3) Section 19.04, Penal Code (manslaughter); |
|
(4) Section 20.04, Penal Code (aggravated |
|
kidnapping); |
|
(5) Section 22.011, Penal Code (sexual assault) or |
|
Section 22.021, Penal Code (aggravated sexual assault); |
|
(6) Section 22.02, Penal Code (aggravated assault); |
|
(7) Section 29.03, Penal Code (aggravated robbery); |
|
(8) Section 22.04, Penal Code (injury to a child, |
|
elderly individual, or disabled individual), if the offense is |
|
punishable as a felony, other than a state jail felony; |
|
(9) Section 22.05(b), Penal Code (felony deadly |
|
conduct involving discharging a firearm); |
|
(10) Subchapter D, Chapter 481, Health and Safety |
|
Code, if the conduct constitutes a felony of the first degree or an |
|
aggravated controlled substance felony (certain offenses involving |
|
controlled substances); |
|
(11) Section 15.03, Penal Code (criminal |
|
solicitation); |
|
(12) Section 21.11(a)(1), Penal Code (indecency with a |
|
child); |
|
(13) Section 15.031, Penal Code (criminal |
|
solicitation of a minor); |
|
(14) Section 15.01, Penal Code (criminal attempt), if |
|
the offense attempted was an offense under Section 19.02, Penal |
|
Code (murder), or Section 19.03, Penal Code (capital murder), or an |
|
offense listed by Article 42A.054(a) [Section 3g(a)(1), Article
|
|
42.12], Code of Criminal Procedure; |
|
(15) Section 28.02, Penal Code (arson), if bodily |
|
injury or death is suffered by any person by reason of the |
|
commission of the conduct; |
|
(16) Section 49.08, Penal Code (intoxication |
|
manslaughter); or |
|
(17) Section 15.02, Penal Code (criminal conspiracy), |
|
if the offense made the subject of the criminal conspiracy includes |
|
a violation of any of the provisions referenced in Subdivisions (1) |
|
through (16). |
|
SECTION 2.32. Section 54.0409(a), Family Code, is amended |
|
to read as follows: |
|
(a) This section applies only to conduct constituting the |
|
commission of a felony: |
|
(1) that is listed in Article 42A.054(a) [Section
|
|
3g(a)(1), Article 42.12], Code of Criminal Procedure; or |
|
(2) for which it is shown that a deadly weapon, as |
|
defined by Section 1.07, Penal Code, was used or exhibited during |
|
the commission of the conduct or during immediate flight from the |
|
commission of the conduct. |
|
SECTION 2.33. Sections 54.051(e), (e-1), (e-2), and (e-3), |
|
Family Code, are amended to read as follows: |
|
(e) A district court that exercises jurisdiction over a |
|
person transferred under Subsection (d) shall place the person on |
|
community supervision under Chapter 42A [Article 42.12], Code of |
|
Criminal Procedure, for the remainder of the person's probationary |
|
period and under conditions consistent with those ordered by the |
|
juvenile court. |
|
(e-1) The restrictions on a judge placing a defendant on |
|
community supervision imposed by Article 42A.054 [Section 3g,
|
|
Article 42.12], Code of Criminal Procedure, do not apply to a case |
|
transferred from the juvenile court. The minimum period of |
|
community supervision imposed by Article 42A.053(d) [Section 3(b),
|
|
Article 42.12], Code of Criminal Procedure, does not apply to a case |
|
transferred from the juvenile court. |
|
(e-2) If a person who is placed on community supervision |
|
under this section violates a condition of that supervision or if |
|
the person violated a condition of probation ordered under Section |
|
54.04(q) and that probation violation was not discovered by the |
|
state before the person's 19th birthday, the district court shall |
|
dispose of the violation of community supervision or probation, as |
|
appropriate, in the same manner as if the court had originally |
|
exercised jurisdiction over the case. If the judge revokes |
|
community supervision, the judge may reduce the prison sentence to |
|
any length without regard to the minimum term imposed by Article |
|
42A.755(a) [Section 23(a), Article 42.12], Code of Criminal |
|
Procedure. |
|
(e-3) The time that a person serves on probation ordered |
|
under Section 54.04(q) is the same as time served on community |
|
supervision ordered under this section for purposes of determining |
|
the person's eligibility for early discharge from community |
|
supervision under Article 42A.701 [Section 20, Article 42.12], Code |
|
of Criminal Procedure. |
|
SECTION 2.34. Section 55.45(c), Family Code, is amended to |
|
read as follows: |
|
(c) If the referred child, as described in Subsection (b), |
|
is alleged to have committed an offense listed in Article 42A.054 |
|
[Section 3g, Article 42.12], Code of Criminal Procedure, the |
|
administrator of the residential care facility shall apply, in |
|
writing, by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the |
|
juvenile court that ordered commitment of the child or that |
|
referred the case to a court that ordered commitment of the child |
|
and show good cause for any release of the child from the facility |
|
for more than 48 hours. Notice of this request must be provided to |
|
the prosecuting attorney responsible for the case. The prosecuting |
|
attorney, the juvenile, or the administrator may apply for a |
|
hearing on this application. If no one applies for a hearing, the |
|
trial court shall resolve the application on the written |
|
submission. The rules of evidence do not apply to this hearing. An |
|
appeal of the trial court's ruling on the application is not |
|
allowed. The release of a child described in this subsection |
|
without the express approval of the trial court is punishable by |
|
contempt. |
|
SECTION 2.35. Section 76.001(2), Government Code, is |
|
amended to read as follows: |
|
(2) "Community supervision" has the meaning assigned |
|
by Article 42A.001 [Section 2, Article 42.12], Code of Criminal |
|
Procedure. |
|
SECTION 2.36. Section 76.015(c), Government Code, is |
|
amended to read as follows: |
|
(c) A department may assess a reasonable administrative fee |
|
of not less than $25 and not more than $60 per month on an individual |
|
who participates in a program operated by the department or |
|
receives services from the department and who is not paying a |
|
monthly fee under Article 42A.652 [Section 19, Article 42.12], Code |
|
of Criminal Procedure. |
|
SECTION 2.37. Section 103.021, Government Code, is amended |
|
to read as follows: |
|
Sec. 103.021. ADDITIONAL FEES AND COSTS IN CRIMINAL OR |
|
CIVIL CASES: CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE. An accused or defendant, |
|
or a party to a civil suit, as applicable, shall pay the following |
|
fees and costs under the Code of Criminal Procedure if ordered by |
|
the court or otherwise required: |
|
(1) a personal bond fee (Art. 17.42, Code of Criminal |
|
Procedure) . . . the greater of $20 or three percent of the amount |
|
of the bail fixed for the accused; |
|
(2) cost of electronic monitoring as a condition of |
|
release on personal bond (Art. 17.43, Code of Criminal Procedure) |
|
. . . actual cost; |
|
(3) a fee for verification of and monitoring of motor |
|
vehicle ignition interlock (Art. 17.441, Code of Criminal |
|
Procedure) . . . not to exceed $10; |
|
(3-a) costs associated with operating a global |
|
positioning monitoring system as a condition of release on bond |
|
(Art. 17.49(b)(2), Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . actual costs, |
|
subject to a determination of indigency; |
|
(3-b) costs associated with providing a defendant's |
|
victim with an electronic receptor device as a condition of the |
|
defendant's release on bond (Art. 17.49(b)(3), Code of Criminal |
|
Procedure) . . . actual costs, subject to a determination of |
|
indigency; |
|
(4) repayment of reward paid by a crime stoppers |
|
organization on conviction of a felony (Art. 37.073, Code of |
|
Criminal Procedure) . . . amount ordered; |
|
(5) reimbursement to general revenue fund for payments |
|
made to victim of an offense as condition of community supervision |
|
(Chapter 42A [Art. 42.12], Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . not to |
|
exceed $50 for a misdemeanor offense or $100 for a felony offense; |
|
(6) payment to a crime stoppers organization as |
|
condition of community supervision (Chapter 42A [Art. 42.12], Code |
|
of Criminal Procedure) . . . not to exceed $50; |
|
(7) children's advocacy center fee (Chapter 42A [Art.
|
|
42.12], Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . not to exceed $50; |
|
(8) family violence center fee (Chapter 42A [Art.
|
|
42.12], Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $100; |
|
(9) community supervision fee (Chapter 42A [Art.
|
|
42.12], Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . not less than $25 or more |
|
than $60 per month; |
|
(10) additional community supervision fee for certain |
|
offenses (Chapter 42A [Art. 42.12], Code of Criminal Procedure) |
|
. . . $5 per month; |
|
(11) for certain financially able sex offenders as a |
|
condition of community supervision, the costs of treatment, |
|
specialized supervision, or rehabilitation (Chapter 42A [Art.
|
|
42.12], Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . all or part of the |
|
reasonable and necessary costs of the treatment, supervision, or |
|
rehabilitation as determined by the judge; |
|
(12) fee for failure to appear for trial in a justice |
|
or municipal court if a jury trial is not waived (Art. 45.026, Code |
|
of Criminal Procedure) . . . costs incurred for impaneling the |
|
jury; |
|
(13) costs of certain testing, assessments, or |
|
programs during a deferral period (Art. 45.051, Code of Criminal |
|
Procedure) . . . amount ordered; |
|
(14) special expense on dismissal of certain |
|
misdemeanor complaints (Art. 45.051, Code of Criminal Procedure) |
|
. . . not to exceed amount of fine assessed; |
|
(15) an additional fee: |
|
(A) for a copy of the defendant's driving record |
|
to be requested from the Department of Public Safety by the judge |
|
(Art. 45.0511(c-1), Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . amount equal |
|
to the sum of the fee established by Section 521.048, |
|
Transportation Code, and the state electronic Internet portal fee; |
|
(B) as an administrative fee for requesting a |
|
driving safety course or a course under the motorcycle operator |
|
training and safety program for certain traffic offenses to cover |
|
the cost of administering the article (Art. 45.0511(f)(1), Code of |
|
Criminal Procedure) . . . not to exceed $10; or |
|
(C) for requesting a driving safety course or a |
|
course under the motorcycle operator training and safety program |
|
before the final disposition of the case (Art. 45.0511(f)(2), Code |
|
of Criminal Procedure) . . . not to exceed the maximum amount of the |
|
fine for the offense committed by the defendant; |
|
(16) a request fee for teen court program (Art. |
|
45.052, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $20, if the court |
|
ordering the fee is located in the Texas-Louisiana border region, |
|
but otherwise not to exceed $10; |
|
(17) a fee to cover costs of required duties of teen |
|
court (Art. 45.052, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $20, if the |
|
court ordering the fee is located in the Texas-Louisiana border |
|
region, but otherwise $10; |
|
(18) a mileage fee for officer performing certain |
|
services (Art. 102.001, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $0.15 per |
|
mile; |
|
(19) certified mailing of notice of hearing date (Art. |
|
102.006, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $1, plus postage; |
|
(20) certified mailing of certified copies of an order |
|
of expunction (Art. 102.006, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $2, |
|
plus postage; |
|
(20-a) a fee to defray the cost of notifying state |
|
agencies of orders of expungement (Art. 45.0216, Code of Criminal |
|
Procedure) . . . $30 per application; |
|
(20-b) a fee to defray the cost of notifying state |
|
agencies of orders of expunction (Art. 45.055, Code of Criminal |
|
Procedure) . . . $30 per application; |
|
(21) sight orders: |
|
(A) if the face amount of the check or sight order |
|
does not exceed $10 (Art. 102.007, Code of Criminal Procedure) |
|
. . . not to exceed $10; |
|
(B) if the face amount of the check or sight order |
|
is greater than $10 but does not exceed $100 (Art. 102.007, Code of |
|
Criminal Procedure) . . . not to exceed $15; |
|
(C) if the face amount of the check or sight order |
|
is greater than $100 but does not exceed $300 (Art. 102.007, Code of |
|
Criminal Procedure) . . . not to exceed $30; |
|
(D) if the face amount of the check or sight order |
|
is greater than $300 but does not exceed $500 (Art. 102.007, Code of |
|
Criminal Procedure) . . . not to exceed $50; and |
|
(E) if the face amount of the check or sight order |
|
is greater than $500 (Art. 102.007, Code of Criminal Procedure) |
|
. . . not to exceed $75; |
|
(22) fees for a pretrial intervention program: |
|
(A) a supervision fee (Art. 102.012(a), Code of |
|
Criminal Procedure) . . . $60 a month plus expenses; and |
|
(B) a district attorney, criminal district |
|
attorney, or county attorney administrative fee (Art. 102.0121, |
|
Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . not to exceed $500; |
|
(23) parking fee violations for child safety fund in |
|
municipalities with populations: |
|
(A) greater than 850,000 (Art. 102.014, Code of |
|
Criminal Procedure) . . . not less than $2 and not to exceed $5; and |
|
(B) less than 850,000 (Art. 102.014, Code of |
|
Criminal Procedure) . . . not to exceed $5; |
|
(24) an administrative fee for collection of fines, |
|
fees, restitution, or other costs (Art. 102.072, Code of Criminal |
|
Procedure) . . . not to exceed $2 for each transaction; and |
|
(25) a collection fee, if authorized by the |
|
commissioners court of a county or the governing body of a |
|
municipality, for certain debts and accounts receivable, including |
|
unpaid fines, fees, court costs, forfeited bonds, and restitution |
|
ordered paid (Art. 103.0031, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . 30 |
|
percent of an amount more than 60 days past due. |
|
SECTION 2.38. Section 123.001(b), Government Code, is |
|
amended to read as follows: |
|
(b) If a defendant successfully completes a drug court |
|
program, regardless of whether the defendant was convicted of the |
|
offense for which the defendant entered the program or whether the |
|
court deferred further proceedings without entering an |
|
adjudication of guilt, after notice to the state and a hearing on |
|
whether the defendant is otherwise entitled to the petition and |
|
whether issuance of the order is in the best interest of justice, |
|
the court shall enter an order of nondisclosure under Section |
|
411.081 as if the defendant had received a discharge and dismissal |
|
under Article 42A.111 [Section 5(c), Article 42.12], Code of |
|
Criminal Procedure, with respect to all records and files related |
|
to the defendant's arrest for the offense for which the defendant |
|
entered the program if the defendant: |
|
(1) has not been previously convicted of an offense |
|
listed in Article 42A.054 [Section 3g, Article 42.12], Code of |
|
Criminal Procedure, or a sexually violent offense, as defined by |
|
Article 62.001, Code of Criminal Procedure; and |
|
(2) is not convicted for any felony offense between |
|
the date on which the defendant successfully completed the program |
|
and the second anniversary of that date. |
|
SECTION 2.39. Section 123.008(a), Government Code, is |
|
amended to read as follows: |
|
(a) Notwithstanding Article 42A.304 [Sections 13 and 16,
|
|
Article 42.12], Code of Criminal Procedure, to encourage |
|
participation in a drug court program established under this |
|
chapter, the judge or magistrate administering the program may |
|
suspend any requirement that, as a condition of community |
|
supervision, a participant in the program work a specified number |
|
of hours at a community service project or projects. |
|
SECTION 2.40. Sections 411.081(d) and (e), Government Code, |
|
are amended to read as follows: |
|
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, |
|
if a person is placed on deferred adjudication community |
|
supervision under Subchapter C, Chapter 42A [Section 5, Article
|
|
42.12], Code of Criminal Procedure, subsequently receives a |
|
discharge and dismissal under Article 42A.111 [Section 5(c),
|
|
Article 42.12], and satisfies the requirements of Subsection (e), |
|
the person may petition the court that placed the defendant on |
|
deferred adjudication for an order of nondisclosure under this |
|
subsection. Except as provided by Subsection (e), a person may |
|
petition the court for an order of nondisclosure regardless of |
|
whether the person has been previously placed on deferred |
|
adjudication community supervision for another offense. After |
|
notice to the state, an opportunity for a hearing, and a |
|
determination that the person is entitled to file the petition and |
|
issuance of the order is in the best interest of justice, the court |
|
shall issue an order prohibiting criminal justice agencies from |
|
disclosing to the public criminal history record information |
|
related to the offense giving rise to the deferred adjudication. A |
|
criminal justice agency may disclose criminal history record |
|
information that is the subject of the order only to other criminal |
|
justice agencies[,] for criminal justice or regulatory licensing |
|
purposes, an agency or entity listed in Subsection (i), or the |
|
person who is the subject of the order. A person may petition the |
|
court that placed the person on deferred adjudication for an order |
|
of nondisclosure only on or after: |
|
(1) the discharge and dismissal, if the offense for |
|
which the person was placed on deferred adjudication was a |
|
misdemeanor other than a misdemeanor described by Subdivision (2); |
|
(2) the second anniversary of the discharge and |
|
dismissal, if the offense for which the person was placed on |
|
deferred adjudication was a misdemeanor under Chapter 20, 21, 22, |
|
25, 42, or 46, Penal Code; or |
|
(3) the fifth anniversary of the discharge and |
|
dismissal, if the offense for which the person was placed on |
|
deferred adjudication was a felony. |
|
(e) A person is entitled to petition the court under |
|
Subsection (d) only if during the period of the deferred |
|
adjudication community supervision for which the order of |
|
nondisclosure is requested and during the applicable period |
|
described by Subsection (d)(1), (2), or (3), as appropriate, the |
|
person is not convicted of or placed on deferred adjudication |
|
community supervision under Subchapter C, Chapter 42A [Section 5,
|
|
Article 42.12], Code of Criminal Procedure, for any offense other |
|
than an offense under the Transportation Code punishable by fine |
|
only. A person is not entitled to petition the court under |
|
Subsection (d) if the person was placed on the deferred |
|
adjudication community supervision for or has been previously |
|
convicted or placed on any other deferred adjudication for: |
|
(1) an offense requiring registration as a sex |
|
offender under Chapter 62, Code of Criminal Procedure; |
|
(2) an offense under Section 20.04, Penal Code, |
|
regardless of whether the offense is a reportable conviction or |
|
adjudication for purposes of Chapter 62, Code of Criminal |
|
Procedure; |
|
(3) an offense under Section 19.02, 19.03, 22.04, |
|
22.041, 25.07, 25.072, or 42.072, Penal Code; or |
|
(4) any other offense involving family violence, as |
|
defined by Section 71.004, Family Code. |
|
SECTION 2.41. Section 411.145(c), Government Code, is |
|
amended to read as follows: |
|
(c) A fee collected under this section shall be deposited in |
|
the state treasury to the credit of the state highway fund, and |
|
money deposited to the state highway fund under this section and |
|
under Chapter 42A [Articles 42.12] and Article 102.020(h), Code of |
|
Criminal Procedure, may be used only to defray the cost of |
|
administering this subchapter and Section 411.0205. |
|
SECTION 2.42. Section 414.010(a), Government Code, is |
|
amended to read as follows: |
|
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (d), a crime stoppers |
|
organization certified by the council to receive money in the form |
|
of payments from defendants placed on community supervision under |
|
Chapter 42A [Article 42.12], Code of Criminal Procedure, or money |
|
in the form of repayments of rewards under Articles 37.073 and |
|
42.152, Code of Criminal Procedure, may use not more than 20 percent |
|
of the money annually received to pay costs incurred in |
|
administering the organization and shall use the remainder of the |
|
money, including any interest earned on the money, only to reward |
|
persons who report information concerning criminal activity. Not |
|
later than January 31 of each year, a crime stoppers organization |
|
that receives or expends money under this section shall file a |
|
detailed report with the council. |
|
SECTION 2.43. Sections 414.011(a) and (b), Government Code, |
|
are amended to read as follows: |
|
(a) The council shall, on application by a crime stoppers |
|
organization, determine whether the organization is qualified to |
|
receive repayments of rewards under Articles 37.073 and 42.152, |
|
Code of Criminal Procedure, or payments from a defendant under |
|
Chapter 42A [Article 42.12], Code of Criminal Procedure. The |
|
council shall certify a crime stoppers organization to receive |
|
those repayments or payments if, considering the organization, |
|
continuity, leadership, community support, and general conduct of |
|
the crime stoppers organization, the council determines that the |
|
repayments or payments will be spent to further the crime |
|
prevention purposes of the organization. |
|
(b) Each crime stoppers organization certified by the |
|
council to receive repayments under Articles 37.073 and 42.152, |
|
Code of Criminal Procedure, or payments from a defendant under |
|
Chapter 42A [Article 42.12], Code of Criminal Procedure, is subject |
|
to a review or audit, including financial and programmatic reviews |
|
or audits, of finances or programs at the direction of the criminal |
|
justice division of the governor's office or its designee. A copy |
|
of the review or audit report shall be submitted to the criminal |
|
justice division. |
|
SECTION 2.44. Section 420.008(b), Government Code, is |
|
amended to read as follows: |
|
(b) The fund consists of fees collected under: |
|
(1) Article 42A.653(a) [Section 19(e), Article
|
|
42.12], Code of Criminal Procedure; |
|
(2) Section 508.189, Government Code; and |
|
(3) Subchapter B, Chapter 102, Business & Commerce |
|
Code, and deposited under Section 102.054. |
|
SECTION 2.45. Sections 420.014(a) and (e), Government Code, |
|
are amended to read as follows: |
|
(a) If the attorney general reasonably believes that a court |
|
or a community supervision office has not properly assessed or made |
|
a reasonable effort to collect costs due under Chapter 42A [Article
|
|
42.12 or 42.18], Code of Criminal Procedure, or Chapter 508, |
|
Government Code, the attorney general shall send a warning letter |
|
to the court or the governing body of the governmental unit in which |
|
the court is located. |
|
(e) If the attorney general finds from available evidence |
|
that a court or a community supervision office has not properly |
|
assessed or made a reasonable effort to collect costs due under |
|
Chapter 42A [Article 42.12 or 42.18], Code of Criminal Procedure, |
|
or Chapter 508, Government Code, the attorney general may: |
|
(1) refuse to award grants under this subchapter to |
|
residents of the jurisdiction served by the court or community |
|
supervision office; or |
|
(2) in the case of a court, notify the State Commission |
|
on Judicial Conduct of the findings. |
|
SECTION 2.46. Sections 493.009(a), (a-1), (b), (c), (d), |
|
(e), (g), (h), (k), and (q), Government Code, are amended to read as |
|
follows: |
|
(a) The department shall establish a program to confine and |
|
treat: |
|
(1) defendants required to participate in the program |
|
under Article 42A.303 [Section 14, Article 42.12], Code of Criminal |
|
Procedure; and |
|
(2) individuals referred for treatment as part of a |
|
drug court program established under Chapter 123 or a similar |
|
program created under other law. |
|
(a-1) The board by rule may modify requirements imposed by |
|
this section and Chapter 42A [Article 42.12], Code of Criminal |
|
Procedure, as necessary to properly treat individuals who are not |
|
participating in the program as a condition of community |
|
supervision. |
|
(b) The board shall adopt criteria to determine the |
|
suitability of candidates for participation in the program. The |
|
department and the Department of State Health Services [Texas
|
|
Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse] shall jointly develop methods |
|
of screening and assessing defendants required to participate in |
|
the program under Article 42A.303 [Section 14, Article 42.12], Code |
|
of Criminal Procedure, to determine their need for specific types |
|
of treatment for alcohol or drug abuse problems. |
|
(c) The program for persons required to participate in the |
|
program under Article 42A.303 [Section 14, Article 42.12], Code of |
|
Criminal Procedure, must consist of treatment programs that may |
|
vary in time from 90 days to 12 months. |
|
(d) The program for persons required to participate in the |
|
program under Article 42A.303 [Section 14, Article 42.12], Code of |
|
Criminal Procedure, provided under this section must contain highly |
|
structured work, education, and treatment schedules, a clearly |
|
delineated authority structure, and well-defined goals and |
|
guidelines. The department shall establish a graded system of |
|
rewards and sanctions for defendants who participate in the |
|
program, but a defendant required to participate in the program |
|
under Article 42A.303 [Section 14, Article 42.12], Code of Criminal |
|
Procedure, is not entitled to earn awards of time for good conduct. |
|
A qualified professional, at least every 60 days, must perform an |
|
evaluation on a defendant that determines the defendant's treatment |
|
progress and institutional behavior. Not later than three days |
|
after the date on which a four-month evaluation is performed, the |
|
qualified professional shall establish a tentative release date for |
|
the defendant, notify the sentencing court of that fact, and |
|
include with the notice a copy of the four-month evaluation. The |
|
qualified professional immediately shall notify the court if the |
|
professional determines the defendant's conduct requires a |
|
revision of the tentative release date. |
|
(e) The department shall employ or contract with qualified |
|
professionals to implement the program for persons required to |
|
participate in the program under Article 42A.303 [Section 14,
|
|
Article 42.12], Code of Criminal Procedure. For purposes of this |
|
subsection, a "qualified professional" is a person who: |
|
(1) is a licensed chemical dependency counselor; |
|
(2) is a licensed social worker who has at least two |
|
years of experience in chemical dependency counseling; or |
|
(3) is a licensed professional counselor, physician, |
|
or psychologist and who has at least two years of experience in |
|
chemical dependency counseling. |
|
(g) The department shall provide beds for the purpose of |
|
operating the program for persons required to participate in the |
|
program under Article 42A.303 [Section 14, Article 42.12], Code of |
|
Criminal Procedure, [as amended by Chapter 900, Acts of the 73rd
|
|
Legislature, Regular Session, 1993,] except that the beds may also |
|
be used to house the following categories of persons: |
|
(1) persons transferred under Subchapter A, Chapter |
|
499, and Section 508.118; |
|
(2) persons whose community supervision or parole has |
|
been modified; |
|
(3) defendants confined in county jails awaiting |
|
transfer to the institutional division; and |
|
(4) inmates participating in the program described by |
|
Section 501.0931. |
|
(h) On and after the date persons are required under Article |
|
42A.303 [Section 14, Article 42.12], Code of Criminal Procedure, to |
|
participate in the program established under this section, the |
|
department shall give priority to housing those persons over the |
|
categories of persons described by Subsections (g)(1)-(4). |
|
(k) It is the intent of the legislature that facilities |
|
established under this section be used primarily to house persons |
|
required to participate in the program under Article 42A.303 |
|
[Section 14, Article 42.12], Code of Criminal Procedure, except |
|
that if treatment beds are empty, this subsection does not prohibit |
|
the department from using those empty beds to treat the categories |
|
of persons listed in Subsection (g). |
|
(q) The department not less often than every two years shall |
|
determine whether the department should increase the number of beds |
|
provided by the department for the operation of the program for |
|
persons required to participate in the program under Article |
|
42A.303 [Section 14, Article 42.12], Code of Criminal Procedure[,
|
|
as amended by Chapter 900, Acts of the 73rd Legislature, Regular
|
|
Session, 1993]. |
|
SECTION 2.47. Sections 493.009(f)(1) and (3), Government |
|
Code, are amended to read as follows: |
|
(f)(1) The department shall adopt rules of conduct for |
|
persons required to participate in the program under Article |
|
42A.303 [Section 14, Article 42.12], Code of Criminal Procedure, or |
|
required to participate in the program following modification of |
|
community supervision or parole. |
|
(3) The department, immediately on receiving notice, |
|
shall request the sentencing court to reassume custody of the |
|
defendant if the defendant was required to participate in the |
|
program under Article 42A.303 [Section 14, Article 42.12], Code of |
|
Criminal Procedure, or required to participate in the program |
|
following modification of community supervision. The court shall |
|
reassume custody before the 12th day after the date on which the |
|
department notifies the court. If the court revokes the |
|
defendant's community supervision, the admission of the defendant |
|
to the institutional division is an admission for which the |
|
department must account in the scheduled admissions policy |
|
established under Section 499.071. |
|
SECTION 2.48. Section 493.017(a), Government Code, is |
|
amended to read as follows: |
|
(a) A sex offender correction program that provides |
|
counseling sessions for a sex offender under Article 42A.453 |
|
[Section 13B, Article 42.12], Code of Criminal Procedure, shall |
|
report to the community supervision and corrections department |
|
officer supervising the offender, not later than the 15th day of |
|
each month, the following information about the offender: |
|
(1) the total number of counseling sessions attended |
|
by the sex offender during the preceding month; and |
|
(2) if during the preceding month the sex offender |
|
terminates participation in the program before completing |
|
counseling, the reason for the sex offender's termination of |
|
counseling. |
|
SECTION 2.49. Section 499.027(b), Government Code, is |
|
amended to read as follows: |
|
(b) An inmate is not eligible under this subchapter to be |
|
considered for release to intensive supervision parole if: |
|
(1) the inmate is awaiting transfer to the |
|
institutional division, or serving a sentence, for an offense for |
|
which the judgment contains an affirmative finding under Article |
|
42A.054(c) or (d) [Section 3g(a)(2), Article 42.12], Code of |
|
Criminal Procedure; |
|
(2) the inmate is awaiting transfer to the |
|
institutional division, or serving a sentence, for an offense |
|
listed in one of the following sections of the Penal Code: |
|
(A) Section 19.02 (murder); |
|
(B) Section 19.03 (capital murder); |
|
(C) Section 19.04 (manslaughter); |
|
(D) Section 20.03 (kidnapping); |
|
(E) Section 20.04 (aggravated kidnapping); |
|
(F) Section 21.11 (indecency with a child); |
|
(G) Section 22.011 (sexual assault); |
|
(H) Section 22.02 (aggravated assault); |
|
(I) Section 22.021 (aggravated sexual assault); |
|
(J) Section 22.04 (injury to a child, elderly |
|
individual, or disabled individual); |
|
(K) Section 25.02 (prohibited sexual conduct); |
|
(L) Section 25.08 (sale or purchase of a child); |
|
(M) Section 28.02 (arson); |
|
(N) Section 29.02 (robbery); |
|
(O) Section 29.03 (aggravated robbery); |
|
(P) Section 30.02 (burglary), if the offense is |
|
punished as a first-degree felony under that section; |
|
(Q) Section 43.04 (aggravated promotion of |
|
prostitution); |
|
(R) Section 43.05 (compelling prostitution); |
|
(S) Section 43.24 (sale, distribution, or |
|
display of harmful material to minor); |
|
(T) Section 43.25 (sexual performance by a |
|
child); |
|
(U) Section 46.10 (deadly weapon in penal |
|
institution); |
|
(V) Section 15.01 (criminal attempt), if the |
|
offense attempted is listed in this subsection; |
|
(W) Section 15.02 (criminal conspiracy), if the |
|
offense that is the subject of the conspiracy is listed in this |
|
subsection; |
|
(X) Section 15.03 (criminal solicitation), if |
|
the offense solicited is listed in this subsection; |
|
(Y) Section 21.02 (continuous sexual abuse of |
|
young child or children); |
|
(Z) Section 20A.02 (trafficking of persons); or |
|
(AA) Section 20A.03 (continuous trafficking of |
|
persons); or |
|
(3) the inmate is awaiting transfer to the |
|
institutional division, or serving a sentence, for an offense under |
|
Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code, punishable by a minimum term of |
|
imprisonment or a maximum fine that is greater than the minimum term |
|
of imprisonment or the maximum fine for a first degree felony. |
|
SECTION 2.50. Section 499.053(d), Government Code, is |
|
amended to read as follows: |
|
(d) A person transferred from the Texas Juvenile Justice |
|
Department for the offense of capital murder shall become eligible |
|
for parole as provided in Section 508.145(d) for an offense listed |
|
in Article 42A.054 [Section 3g, Article 42.12], Code of Criminal |
|
Procedure, or an offense for which a deadly weapon finding has been |
|
made. |
|
SECTION 2.51. Section 508.145(d), Government Code, is |
|
amended to read as follows: |
|
(d)(1) This subsection applies only to an [An] inmate who is |
|
serving a sentence for: |
|
(A) an offense described by Article 42A.054(a) |
|
[Section 3g(a)(1)(A), (C), (D), (E), (F), (G), (H), (I), (J), (K),
|
|
(L), (M), or (N), Article 42.12], Code of Criminal Procedure, other |
|
than an offense under Section 19.03, Penal Code; |
|
(B) an offense for which the judgment contains an |
|
affirmative finding under Article 42A.054(c) or (d), Code of |
|
Criminal Procedure; |
|
(C) [Section 3g(a)(2) of that article,] an |
|
offense under Section 20A.03, Penal Code;[,] or |
|
(D) an offense under Section 71.02 or 71.023, |
|
Penal Code. |
|
(2) An inmate described by Subdivision (1) [,] is not |
|
eligible for release on parole until the inmate's actual calendar |
|
time served, without consideration of good conduct time, equals |
|
one-half of the sentence or 30 calendar years, whichever is less, |
|
but in no event is the inmate eligible for release on parole in less |
|
than two calendar years. |
|
(3) [(2)] Notwithstanding Subdivision (2) [(1)], an |
|
inmate who is serving a sentence for an offense under Section |
|
22.021, Penal Code [described by Section 3g(a)(1)(E), Article
|
|
42.12, Code of Criminal Procedure], is not eligible for release on |
|
parole if the inmate is serving a sentence for an offense for which |
|
punishment was enhanced under Section 12.42(c)(4), Penal Code. |
|
SECTION 2.52. Sections 508.146(a) and (f), Government Code, |
|
are amended to read as follows: |
|
(a) An inmate other than an inmate who is serving a sentence |
|
of death or life without parole may be released on medically |
|
recommended intensive supervision on a date designated by a parole |
|
panel described by Subsection (e), except that an inmate with an |
|
instant offense that is an offense described in Article 42A.054 |
|
[Section 3g, Article 42.12], Code of Criminal Procedure, or an |
|
inmate who has a reportable conviction or adjudication under |
|
Chapter 62, Code of Criminal Procedure, may only be considered if a |
|
medical condition of terminal illness or long-term care has been |
|
diagnosed by a physician, if: |
|
(1) the Texas Correctional Office on Offenders with |
|
Medical or Mental Impairments, in cooperation with the Correctional |
|
Managed Health Care Committee, identifies the inmate as being: |
|
(A) a person who is elderly or terminally ill, a |
|
person with mental illness, an intellectual disability, or a |
|
physical disability, [physically disabled, mentally ill,
|
|
terminally ill, or mentally retarded] or a person who has [having] a |
|
condition requiring long-term care, if the inmate is an inmate with |
|
an instant offense that is described in Article 42A.054 [Section
|
|
3g, Article 42.12], Code of Criminal Procedure; or |
|
(B) in a persistent vegetative state or being a |
|
person with an organic brain syndrome with significant to total |
|
mobility impairment, if the inmate is an inmate who has a reportable |
|
conviction or adjudication under Chapter 62, Code of Criminal |
|
Procedure; |
|
(2) the parole panel determines that, based on the |
|
inmate's condition and a medical evaluation, the inmate does not |
|
constitute a threat to public safety; and |
|
(3) the Texas Correctional Office on Offenders with |
|
Medical or Mental Impairments, in cooperation with the pardons and |
|
paroles division, has prepared for the inmate a medically |
|
recommended intensive supervision plan that requires the inmate to |
|
submit to electronic monitoring, places the inmate on |
|
super-intensive supervision, or otherwise ensures appropriate |
|
supervision of the inmate. |
|
(f) An inmate who is not a citizen of the United States, as |
|
defined by federal law, who is not under a sentence of death or life |
|
without parole, and who does not have a reportable conviction or |
|
adjudication under Chapter 62, Code of Criminal Procedure, or an |
|
instant offense described in Article 42A.054 [Section 3g, Article
|
|
42.12], Code of Criminal Procedure, may be released to immigration |
|
authorities pending deportation on a date designated by a parole |
|
panel described by Subsection (e) if the parole panel determines |
|
that on release the inmate would be deported to another country and |
|
that the inmate does not constitute a threat to public safety in the |
|
other country or this country and is unlikely to reenter this |
|
country illegally. |
|
SECTION 2.53. Section 508.149(a), Government Code, is |
|
amended to read as follows: |
|
(a) An inmate may not be released to mandatory supervision |
|
if the inmate is serving a sentence for or has been previously |
|
convicted of: |
|
(1) an offense for which the judgment contains an |
|
affirmative finding under Article 42A.054(c) or (d) [Section
|
|
3g(a)(2), Article 42.12], Code of Criminal Procedure; |
|
(2) a first degree felony or a second degree felony |
|
under Section 19.02, Penal Code; |
|
(3) a capital felony under Section 19.03, Penal Code; |
|
(4) a first degree felony or a second degree felony |
|
under Section 20.04, Penal Code; |
|
(5) an offense under Section 21.11, Penal Code; |
|
(6) a felony under Section 22.011, Penal Code; |
|
(7) a first degree felony or a second degree felony |
|
under Section 22.02, Penal Code; |
|
(8) a first degree felony under Section 22.021, Penal |
|
Code; |
|
(9) a first degree felony under Section 22.04, Penal |
|
Code; |
|
(10) a first degree felony under Section 28.02, Penal |
|
Code; |
|
(11) a second degree felony under Section 29.02, Penal |
|
Code; |
|
(12) a first degree felony under Section 29.03, Penal |
|
Code; |
|
(13) a first degree felony under Section 30.02, Penal |
|
Code; |
|
(14) a felony for which the punishment is increased |
|
under Section 481.134 or Section 481.140, Health and Safety Code; |
|
(15) an offense under Section 43.25, Penal Code; |
|
(16) an offense under Section 21.02, Penal Code; |
|
(17) a first degree felony under Section 15.03, Penal |
|
Code; |
|
(18) an offense under Section 43.05, Penal Code; |
|
(19) an offense under Section 20A.02, Penal Code; |
|
(20) an offense under Section 20A.03, Penal Code; or |
|
(21) a first degree felony under Section 71.02 or |
|
71.023, Penal Code. |
|
SECTION 2.54. Section 508.151(a), Government Code, is |
|
amended to read as follows: |
|
(a) For the purpose of diverting inmates to halfway houses |
|
under Section 508.118, a parole panel, after reviewing all |
|
available pertinent information, may designate a presumptive |
|
parole date for an inmate who: |
|
(1) has never been convicted of an offense listed |
|
under Article 42A.054(a) [Section 3g(a)(1), Article 42.12], Code of |
|
Criminal Procedure, or an offense under Section 20A.03 or 21.02, |
|
Penal Code; and |
|
(2) has never had a conviction with a judgment that |
|
contains an affirmative finding under Article 42A.054(c) or (d) |
|
[Section 3g(a)(2), Article 42.12], Code of Criminal Procedure. |
|
SECTION 2.55. Section 508.221, Government Code, is amended |
|
to read as follows: |
|
Sec. 508.221. CONDITIONS PERMITTED GENERALLY. A parole |
|
panel may impose as a condition of parole or mandatory supervision |
|
any condition that a court may impose on a defendant placed on |
|
community supervision under Chapter 42A [Article 42.12], Code of |
|
Criminal Procedure, including the condition that a releasee submit |
|
to testing for controlled substances or submit to electronic |
|
monitoring if the parole panel determines that without testing for |
|
controlled substances or participation in an electronic monitoring |
|
program the inmate would not be released on parole. |
|
SECTION 2.56. Section 508.225(a), Government Code, is |
|
amended to read as follows: |
|
(a) If the nature of the offense for which an inmate is |
|
serving a sentence warrants the establishment of a child safety |
|
zone, a parole panel may establish a child safety zone applicable to |
|
an inmate serving a sentence for an offense listed in Article |
|
42A.054(a) [Section 3g(a)(1), Article 42.12], Code of Criminal |
|
Procedure, or for which the judgment contains an affirmative |
|
finding under Article 42A.054(c) or (d) [Section 3g(a)(2), Article
|
|
42.12], Code of Criminal Procedure, by requiring as a condition of |
|
parole or release to mandatory supervision that the inmate not: |
|
(1) supervise or participate in any program that |
|
includes as participants or recipients persons who are 17 years of |
|
age or younger and that regularly provides athletic, civic, or |
|
cultural activities; or |
|
(2) go in or on, or within a distance specified by the |
|
panel of, a premises where children commonly gather, including a |
|
school, day-care facility, playground, public or private youth |
|
center, public swimming pool, or video arcade facility. |
|
SECTION 2.57. Section 509.0071(b), Government Code, is |
|
amended to read as follows: |
|
(b) A commitment reduction plan submitted under this |
|
section may contain a request for additional state funding in the |
|
manner described by Subsection (e). A commitment reduction plan |
|
must contain: |
|
(1) a target number by which the county or counties |
|
served by the department or regional partnership of departments |
|
will, relative to the number of individuals committed in the |
|
preceding state fiscal year from the county or counties to the Texas |
|
Department of Criminal Justice for offenses not listed in or |
|
described by Article 42A.054 [Section 3g, Article 42.12], Code of |
|
Criminal Procedure, reduce that number in the fiscal year for which |
|
the commitment reduction plan is submitted by reducing the number |
|
of: |
|
(A) direct sentencing commitments; |
|
(B) community supervision revocations; or |
|
(C) direct sentencing commitments and community |
|
supervision revocations; |
|
(2) a calculation, based on the most recent Criminal |
|
Justice Uniform Cost Report published by the Legislative Budget |
|
Board, of the savings to the state that will result from the county |
|
or counties reaching the target number described by Subdivision |
|
(1); |
|
(3) an explanation of the programs and services the |
|
department or regional partnership of departments intends to |
|
provide using any funding received under Subsection (e)(1), |
|
including any programs or services designed to enhance public |
|
safety, reduce recidivism, strengthen the investigation and |
|
prosecution of criminal offenses, improve programs and services |
|
available to victims of crime, and increase the amount of |
|
restitution collected from persons supervised by the department or |
|
regional partnership of departments; |
|
(4) a pledge by the department or regional partnership |
|
of departments to provide accurate data to the division at the time |
|
and in the manner required by the division; |
|
(5) a pledge to repay to the state, not later than the |
|
30th day after the last day of the state fiscal year in which the |
|
lump-sum award is made, a percentage of the lump sum received under |
|
Subsection (e)(1) that is equal to the percentage by which the |
|
county or counties fail to reach the target number described by |
|
Subdivision (1), if the county or counties do not reach that target |
|
number; and |
|
(6) if the commitment reduction plan is submitted by a |
|
regional partnership of departments, an agreement and plan for the |
|
receipt, division, and administration of any funding received under |
|
Subsection (e). |
|
SECTION 2.58. Section 509.015, Government Code, is amended |
|
to read as follows: |
|
Sec. 509.015. TREATMENT STANDARDS FOR CERTAIN STATE JAIL |
|
FELONIES. The division shall propose and the board shall adopt best |
|
practices standards for substance abuse treatment conditions |
|
imposed under Article 42A.554(c) [Section 15(c)(2), Article
|
|
42.12], Code of Criminal Procedure. |
|
SECTION 2.59. Section 509.017, Government Code, is amended |
|
to read as follows: |
|
Sec. 509.017. SPECIAL ALLOCATION FOR CERTAIN DEFENDANTS |
|
PLACED ON STATE JAIL FELONY COMMUNITY SUPERVISION. Notwithstanding |
|
any other provision of this chapter, the Texas Department of |
|
Criminal Justice shall adopt policies and procedures to: |
|
(1) determine the cost savings to the Texas Department |
|
of Criminal Justice realized through the release of defendants on |
|
community supervision under Article 42A.551(d)(2)(B) [Section
|
|
15(a)(2)(B)(ii), Article 42.12], Code of Criminal Procedure; and |
|
(2) provide 30 percent of that cost savings to the |
|
division to be allocated to individual departments and used for the |
|
same purpose that state aid is used under Section 509.011. |
|
SECTION 2.60. Section 557.001(c), Government Code, is |
|
amended to read as follows: |
|
(c) A person convicted of an offense under this section may |
|
not receive community supervision [probation] under Chapter 42A |
|
[Article 42.12], Code of Criminal Procedure. |
|
SECTION 2.61. Section 772.0071(a)(1), Government Code, is |
|
amended to read as follows: |
|
(1) "Border crime" means any crime that occurs in the |
|
border region and that undermines public safety or security, |
|
including an offense: |
|
(A) during the prosecution of which an |
|
affirmative finding may be requested under Article 42A.054(c) or |
|
(d) [Section 3g(a)(2), Article 42.12], Code of Criminal Procedure; |
|
(B) under Chapter 19, 20, 20A, 46, or 71, Penal |
|
Code; |
|
(C) under Title 7 or 8, Penal Code; |
|
(D) under Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code; |
|
(E) committed by a person who is not a citizen or |
|
national of the United States and is not lawfully present in the |
|
United States; or |
|
(F) that is coordinated with or related to |
|
activities or crimes that occur or are committed in the United |
|
Mexican States. |
|
SECTION 2.62. Section 2001.221, Government Code, is amended |
|
to read as follows: |
|
Sec. 2001.221. DRIVER'S LICENSES. This chapter does not |
|
apply to a suspension, revocation, cancellation, denial, or |
|
disqualification of a driver's license or commercial driver's |
|
license as authorized by: |
|
(1) Subchapter N, Chapter 521, Transportation Code, |
|
except Sections 521.304 and 521.305 of that subchapter, or by |
|
Subchapter O or P of that chapter; |
|
(2) Chapter 522, Transportation Code; |
|
(3) Chapter 601, Transportation Code; or |
|
(4) Article 42A.406 or 42A.407 [Section 13, Article
|
|
42.12], Code of Criminal Procedure. |
|
SECTION 2.63. Section 2002.023, Government Code, is amended |
|
to read as follows: |
|
Sec. 2002.023. EXCEPTIONS. This subchapter does not apply |
|
to: |
|
(1) a suspension, revocation, cancellation, denial, |
|
or disqualification of a driver's license or commercial driver's |
|
license as authorized by: |
|
(A) Subchapter N, Chapter 521, Transportation |
|
Code, except Sections 521.304 and 521.305 of that subchapter, or by |
|
Subchapter O or P of that chapter; |
|
(B) Chapter 522, Transportation Code; |
|
(C) Chapter 601, Transportation Code; |
|
(D) Chapter 724, Transportation Code; or |
|
(E) Article 42A.406 or 42A.407 [Section 13,
|
|
Article 42.12], Code of Criminal Procedure; |
|
(2) matters related solely to the internal personnel |
|
rules and practices of a state agency; |
|
(3) the Texas Workforce Commission, other than to |
|
matters of unemployment insurance maintained by the commission; or |
|
(4) a rule or internal procedure of the Texas |
|
Department of Criminal Justice or Texas Board of Criminal Justice |
|
that applies to an inmate or any other person under the custody or |
|
control of the department or to an action taken under that rule or |
|
procedure. |
|
SECTION 2.64. Section 81.093(b), Health and Safety Code, is |
|
amended to read as follows: |
|
(b) The court shall order that a presentence |
|
[presentencing] report be prepared under Subchapter F, Chapter 42A |
|
[Section 9, Article 42.12], Code of Criminal Procedure, to |
|
determine if a person convicted of an offense under Chapter 481 |
|
(Texas Controlled Substances Act) or under Sections 485.031 through |
|
485.035 should be subject to Section 81.083 and Subchapter G. |
|
SECTION 2.65. Section 169.001(b), Health and Safety Code, |
|
is amended to read as follows: |
|
(b) If a defendant successfully completes a first offender |
|
prostitution prevention program, regardless of whether the |
|
defendant was convicted of the offense for which the defendant |
|
entered the program or whether the court deferred further |
|
proceedings without entering an adjudication of guilt, after notice |
|
to the state and a hearing on whether the defendant is otherwise |
|
entitled to the petition, including whether the required time |
|
period has elapsed, and whether issuance of the order is in the best |
|
interest of justice, the court shall enter an order of |
|
nondisclosure under Section 411.081, Government Code, as if the |
|
defendant had received a discharge and dismissal under Article |
|
42A.111 [Section 5(c), Article 42.12], Code of Criminal Procedure, |
|
with respect to all records and files related to the defendant's |
|
arrest for the offense for which the defendant entered the program |
|
if the defendant: |
|
(1) has not been previously convicted of a felony |
|
offense; and |
|
(2) is not convicted of any other felony offense |
|
before the second anniversary of the defendant's successful |
|
completion of the program. |
|
SECTION 2.66. Section 169.002(b), Health and Safety Code, |
|
is amended to read as follows: |
|
(b) A defendant is eligible to participate in a first |
|
offender prostitution prevention program established under this |
|
chapter only if: |
|
(1) the attorney representing the state consents to |
|
the defendant's participation in the program; and |
|
(2) the court in which the criminal case is pending |
|
finds that the defendant has not been previously convicted of: |
|
(A) an offense under Section 20A.02, 43.02, |
|
43.03, 43.04, or 43.05, Penal Code; |
|
(B) an offense listed in Article 42A.054(a) |
|
[Section 3g(a)(1), Article 42.12], Code of Criminal Procedure; or |
|
(C) an offense punishable as a felony under |
|
Chapter 481. |
|
SECTION 2.67. Section 169A.001(b), Health and Safety Code, |
|
is amended to read as follows: |
|
(b) If a defendant successfully completes a prostitution |
|
prevention program, regardless of whether the defendant was |
|
convicted of the offense for which the defendant entered the |
|
program or whether the court deferred further proceedings without |
|
entering an adjudication of guilt, after notice to the state and a |
|
hearing on whether the defendant is otherwise entitled to the |
|
petition, including whether the required time has elapsed, and |
|
whether issuance of the order is in the best interest of justice, |
|
the court shall enter an order of nondisclosure under Section |
|
411.081, Government Code, as if the defendant had received a |
|
discharge and dismissal under Article 42A.111 [Section 5(c),
|
|
Article 42.12], Code of Criminal Procedure, with respect to all |
|
records and files related to the defendant's arrest for the offense |
|
for which the defendant entered the program. |
|
SECTION 2.68. Section 250.006(d), Health and Safety Code, |
|
is amended to read as follows: |
|
(d) For purposes of this section, a person who is placed on |
|
deferred adjudication community supervision for an offense listed |
|
in this section, successfully completes the period of deferred |
|
adjudication community supervision, and receives a dismissal and |
|
discharge in accordance with Article 42A.111 [Section 5(c), Article
|
|
42.12], Code of Criminal Procedure, is not considered convicted of |
|
the offense for which the person received deferred adjudication |
|
community supervision. |
|
SECTION 2.69. Section 534.053(c), Health and Safety Code, |
|
is amended to read as follows: |
|
(c) To the extent that resources are available, the |
|
department shall: |
|
(1) ensure that the services listed in this section |
|
are available for children, including adolescents, as well as |
|
adults, in each service area; |
|
(2) emphasize early intervention services for |
|
children, including adolescents, who meet the department's |
|
definition of being at high risk of developing severe emotional |
|
disturbances or severe mental illnesses; and |
|
(3) ensure that services listed in this section are |
|
available for defendants required to submit to mental health |
|
treatment under Article 17.032, 42A.104, or 42A.506 [Section 5(a)
|
|
or 11(d), Article 42.12], Code of Criminal Procedure. |
|
SECTION 2.70. Section 614.0032(a), Health and Safety Code, |
|
is amended to read as follows: |
|
(a) The office shall: |
|
(1) perform duties imposed on the office by Section |
|
508.146, Government Code; and |
|
(2) periodically identify state jail felony |
|
defendants suitable for release under Article 42A.561 [Section
|
|
15(i), Article 42.12], Code of Criminal Procedure, and perform |
|
other duties imposed on the office by that article [section]. |
|
SECTION 2.71. Section 773.0614(c), Health and Safety Code, |
|
is amended to read as follows: |
|
(c) A certificate holder's certificate shall be revoked if |
|
the certificate holder has been convicted of or placed on deferred |
|
adjudication community supervision or deferred disposition for: |
|
(1) an offense listed in Article 42A.054(a)(2), (3), |
|
(4), (6), (7), (8), (10), or (14) [Sections 3g(a)(1)(A) through
|
|
(H), Article 42.12], Code of Criminal Procedure; or |
|
(2) an offense, other than an offense described by |
|
Subdivision (1), committed on or after September 1, 2009, for which |
|
the person is subject to registration under Chapter 62, Code of |
|
Criminal Procedure. |
|
SECTION 2.72. Section 773.06141(a), Health and Safety Code, |
|
as amended by S.B. No. 219, Acts of the 84th Legislature, Regular |
|
Session, 2015, is amended to read as follows: |
|
(a) The department may suspend, revoke, or deny an emergency |
|
medical services provider license on the grounds that the |
|
provider's administrator of record, employee, or other |
|
representative: |
|
(1) has been convicted of, or placed on deferred |
|
adjudication community supervision or deferred disposition for, an |
|
offense that directly relates to the duties and responsibilities of |
|
the administrator, employee, or representative, other than an |
|
offense for which points are assigned under Section 708.052, |
|
Transportation Code; |
|
(2) has been convicted of or placed on deferred |
|
adjudication community supervision or deferred disposition for an |
|
offense, including: |
|
(A) an offense listed in Article 42A.054(a)(2), |
|
(3), (4), (6), (7), (8), (10), or (14) [Sections 3g(a)(1)(A)
|
|
through (H), Article 42.12], Code of Criminal Procedure; or |
|
(B) an offense, other than an offense described |
|
by Subdivision (1), for which the person is subject to registration |
|
under Chapter 62, Code of Criminal Procedure; or |
|
(3) has been convicted of Medicare or Medicaid fraud, |
|
has been excluded from participation in the state Medicaid program, |
|
or has a hold on payment for reimbursement under the state Medicaid |
|
program under Subchapter C, Chapter 531, Government Code. |
|
SECTION 2.73. Section 841.082(a), Health and Safety Code, |
|
is amended to read as follows: |
|
(a) Before entering an order directing a person's |
|
outpatient civil commitment, the judge shall impose on the person |
|
requirements necessary to ensure the person's compliance with |
|
treatment and supervision and to protect the community. The |
|
requirements shall include: |
|
(1) requiring the person to reside in a Texas |
|
residential facility under contract with the office or at another |
|
location or facility approved by the office; |
|
(2) prohibiting the person's contact with a victim or |
|
potential victim of the person; |
|
(3) prohibiting the person's possession or use of |
|
alcohol, inhalants, or a controlled substance; |
|
(4) requiring the person's participation in and |
|
compliance with a specific course of treatment provided by the |
|
office and compliance with all written requirements imposed by the |
|
case manager or otherwise by the office; |
|
(5) requiring the person to: |
|
(A) submit to tracking under a particular type of |
|
tracking service and to any other appropriate supervision; and |
|
(B) refrain from tampering with, altering, |
|
modifying, obstructing, or manipulating the tracking equipment; |
|
(6) prohibiting the person from changing the person's |
|
residence without prior authorization from the judge and from |
|
leaving the state without that prior authorization; |
|
(7) if determined appropriate by the judge, |
|
establishing a child safety zone in the same manner as a child |
|
safety zone is established by a judge under Article 42A.453 |
|
[Section 13B, Article 42.12], Code of Criminal Procedure, and |
|
requiring the person to comply with requirements related to the |
|
safety zone; and |
|
(8) any other requirements determined necessary by the |
|
judge. |
|
SECTION 2.74. Section 133.055(b), Local Government Code, is |
|
amended to read as follows: |
|
(b) If the treasurer does not collect any fees during a |
|
calendar quarter, the treasurer shall file the report required for |
|
the quarter in the regular manner. The report must state that no |
|
fees were collected. This subsection does not apply to fees |
|
collected under Article 42A.303 or 42A.653 [Sections 14 and 19,
|
|
Article 42.12], Code of Criminal Procedure, or under Section |
|
76.013, Government Code. |
|
SECTION 2.75. Section 133.058(d), Local Government Code, is |
|
amended to read as follows: |
|
(d) A county may not retain a service fee on the collection |
|
of a fee: |
|
(1) for the judicial fund; |
|
(2) under Article 42A.303 or 42A.653 [Sections 14 and
|
|
19, Article 42.12], Code of Criminal Procedure; or |
|
(3) under Section 51.851, Government Code. |
|
SECTION 2.76. Section 152.017, Local Government Code, is |
|
amended to read as follows: |
|
Sec. 152.017. EXCEPTIONS. This subchapter does not apply |
|
to: |
|
(1) a judge of a court of record; |
|
(2) a presiding judge of a commissioners court in a |
|
county with a population of 3.3 million or more; |
|
(3) a district attorney paid wholly by state funds or |
|
the district attorney's assistants, investigators, or other |
|
employees; |
|
(4) a county auditor, county purchasing agent, or the |
|
auditor's or purchasing agent's assistants or other employees; or |
|
(5) a person employed under Section 76.004, Government |
|
Code [10, Article 42.12, Code of Criminal Procedure]. |
|
SECTION 2.77. Section 157.002(a), Local Government Code, is |
|
amended to read as follows: |
|
(a) The commissioners court by rule may provide for medical |
|
care and hospitalization and may provide for compensation, |
|
accident, hospital, and disability insurance for the following |
|
persons if their salaries are paid from the funds of the county or |
|
funds of a flood control district located entirely in the county, or |
|
funds of a hospital district described by Section 281.0475, Health |
|
and Safety Code, located entirely in the county, or if they are |
|
employees of another governmental entity for which the county is |
|
obligated to provide benefits: |
|
(1) deputies, assistants, and other employees of the |
|
county, or of the flood control district, or of the hospital |
|
district, who work under the commissioners court or its appointees; |
|
(2) county and district officers and their deputies |
|
and assistants appointed under Subchapter A, Chapter 151; |
|
(3) employees appointed under Section 76.004(b), |
|
Government Code [10(a), Article 42.12, Code of Criminal Procedure]; |
|
(4) any retired person formerly holding any status |
|
listed above; and |
|
(5) the dependents of any person listed above. |
|
SECTION 2.78. Section 352.082(d), Local Government Code, is |
|
amended to read as follows: |
|
(d) An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor. |
|
On conviction of an offense under this section, the court shall |
|
require the defendant, in addition to any fine, to perform |
|
community service as provided by Article 42A.304(e) [Section 16(e),
|
|
Article 42.12], Code of Criminal Procedure. |
|
SECTION 2.79. Section 53.021(a), Occupations Code, is |
|
amended to read as follows: |
|
(a) A licensing authority may suspend or revoke a license, |
|
disqualify a person from receiving a license, or deny to a person |
|
the opportunity to take a licensing examination on the grounds that |
|
the person has been convicted of: |
|
(1) an offense that directly relates to the duties and |
|
responsibilities of the licensed occupation; |
|
(2) an offense that does not directly relate to the |
|
duties and responsibilities of the licensed occupation and that was |
|
committed less than five years before the date the person applies |
|
for the license; |
|
(3) an offense listed in Article 42A.054 [Section 3g,
|
|
Article 42.12], Code of Criminal Procedure; or |
|
(4) a sexually violent offense, as defined by Article |
|
62.001, Code of Criminal Procedure. |
|
SECTION 2.80. Section 109.001(3), Occupations Code, is |
|
amended to read as follows: |
|
(3) "Sex offender" has the meaning assigned by Article |
|
42A.251(2) [Section 9(m), Article 42.12], Code of Criminal |
|
Procedure. |
|
SECTION 2.81. Section 12.35(c), Penal Code, is amended to |
|
read as follows: |
|
(c) An individual adjudged guilty of a state jail felony |
|
shall be punished for a third degree felony if it is shown on the |
|
trial of the offense that: |
|
(1) a deadly weapon as defined by Section 1.07 was used |
|
or exhibited during the commission of the offense or during |
|
immediate flight following the commission of the offense, and that |
|
the individual used or exhibited the deadly weapon or was a party to |
|
the offense and knew that a deadly weapon would be used or |
|
exhibited; or |
|
(2) the individual has previously been finally |
|
convicted of any felony: |
|
(A) under Section 20A.03 or 21.02 or listed in |
|
Article 42A.054(a) [Section 3g(a)(1), Article 42.12], Code of |
|
Criminal Procedure; or |
|
(B) for which the judgment contains an |
|
affirmative finding under Article 42A.054(c) or (d) [Section
|
|
3g(a)(2), Article 42.12], Code of Criminal Procedure. |
|
SECTION 2.82. Section 12.42(h), Penal Code, is amended to |
|
read as follows: |
|
(h) In this section, "sexually violent offense" means an |
|
offense: |
|
(1) described by Article 62.001(6), Code of Criminal |
|
Procedure; and |
|
(2) for which an affirmative finding has been entered |
|
under Article 42.015(b) or 42A.105(a) [Section 5(e)(2), Article
|
|
42.12], Code of Criminal Procedure, for an offense other than an |
|
offense under Section 21.02 or 22.021. |
|
SECTION 2.83. Section 15.031(a), Penal Code, is amended to |
|
read as follows: |
|
(a) A person commits an offense if, with intent that an |
|
offense listed by Article 42A.054(a) [Section 3g(a)(1), Article
|
|
42.12], Code of Criminal Procedure, be committed, the person |
|
requests, commands, or attempts to induce a minor to engage in |
|
specific conduct that, under the circumstances surrounding the |
|
actor's conduct as the actor believes them to be, would constitute |
|
an offense listed by Article 42A.054(a) [Section 3g(a)(1), Article
|
|
42.12,] or make the minor a party to the commission of an offense |
|
listed by Article 42A.054(a) [Section 3g(a)(1), Article 42.12]. |
|
SECTION 2.84. Section 49.09(h), Penal Code, is amended to |
|
read as follows: |
|
(h) This subsection applies only to a person convicted of a |
|
second or subsequent offense relating to the operating of a motor |
|
vehicle while intoxicated committed within five years of the date |
|
on which the most recent preceding offense was committed. The court |
|
shall enter an order that requires the defendant to have a device |
|
installed, on each motor vehicle owned or operated by the |
|
defendant, that uses a deep-lung breath analysis mechanism to make |
|
impractical the operation of the motor vehicle if ethyl alcohol is |
|
detected in the breath of the operator, and that requires that |
|
before the first anniversary of the ending date of the period of |
|
license suspension under Section 521.344, Transportation Code, the |
|
defendant not operate any motor vehicle that is not equipped with |
|
that device. The court shall require the defendant to obtain the |
|
device at the defendant's own cost on or before that ending date, |
|
require the defendant to provide evidence to the court on or before |
|
that ending date that the device has been installed on each |
|
appropriate vehicle, and order the device to remain installed on |
|
each vehicle until the first anniversary of that ending date. If |
|
the court determines the offender is unable to pay for the device, |
|
the court may impose a reasonable payment schedule not to extend |
|
beyond the first anniversary of the date of installation. The |
|
Department of Public Safety shall approve devices for use under |
|
this subsection. Section 521.247, Transportation Code, applies to |
|
the approval of a device under this subsection and the consequences |
|
of that approval. Failure to comply with an order entered under |
|
this subsection is punishable by contempt. For the purpose of |
|
enforcing this subsection, the court that enters an order under |
|
this subsection retains jurisdiction over the defendant until the |
|
date on which the device is no longer required to remain installed. |
|
To the extent of a conflict between this subsection and Article |
|
42A.408 [Section 13(i), Article 42.12], Code of Criminal Procedure, |
|
this subsection controls. |
|
SECTION 2.85. Section 71.023(a), Penal Code, is amended to |
|
read as follows: |
|
(a) A person commits an offense if the person, as part of the |
|
identifiable leadership of a criminal street gang, knowingly |
|
finances, directs, or supervises the commission of, or a conspiracy |
|
to commit, one or more of the following offenses by members of a |
|
criminal street gang: |
|
(1) a felony offense that is listed in Article |
|
42A.054(a) [Section 3g(a)(1), Article 42.12], Code of Criminal |
|
Procedure; |
|
(2) a felony offense for which it is shown that a |
|
deadly weapon, as defined by Section 1.07, was used or exhibited |
|
during the commission of the offense or during immediate flight |
|
from the commission of the offense; or |
|
(3) an offense that is punishable under Section |
|
481.112(e), 481.112(f), 481.1121(b)(4), 481.115(f), or |
|
481.120(b)(6), Health and Safety Code. |
|
SECTION 2.86. Section 521.245(b), Transportation Code, is |
|
amended to read as follows: |
|
(b) The program required under Subsection (a) may not be the |
|
program provided by Section 521.344 or by Article 42A.403 or |
|
42A.404 [Section 13, Article 42.12], Code of Criminal Procedure. |
|
SECTION 2.87. Section 521.320(f), Transportation Code, is |
|
amended to read as follows: |
|
(f) For the purposes of this section, a person is convicted |
|
of an offense regardless of whether sentence is imposed or the |
|
person is placed on community supervision for the offense under |
|
Chapter 42A [Article 42.12], Code of Criminal Procedure. |
|
SECTION 2.88. Section 521.342(b), Transportation Code, is |
|
amended to read as follows: |
|
(b) The department shall suspend for one year the license of |
|
a person who is under 21 years of age and is convicted of an offense |
|
under Section 49.04, 49.045, 49.07, or 49.08, Penal Code, |
|
regardless of whether the person is required to attend an |
|
educational program under Article 42A.403 [Section 13(h), Article
|
|
42.12], Code of Criminal Procedure, that is designed to |
|
rehabilitate persons who have operated motor vehicles while |
|
intoxicated, unless the person is placed under community |
|
supervision under Chapter 42A, Code of Criminal Procedure, [that
|
|
article] and is required as a condition of the community |
|
supervision to not operate a motor vehicle unless the vehicle is |
|
equipped with the device described by Article 42A.408 [Section
|
|
13(i)] of that chapter [article]. If the person is required to |
|
attend such a program and does not complete the program before the |
|
end of the person's suspension, the department shall suspend the |
|
person's license or continue the suspension, as appropriate, until |
|
the department receives proof that the person has successfully |
|
completed the program. On the person's successful completion of |
|
the program, the person's instructor shall give notice to the |
|
department and to the community supervision and corrections |
|
department in the manner provided by Article 42A.406(b) [Section
|
|
13(h), Article 42.12], Code of Criminal Procedure. |
|
SECTION 2.89. Sections 521.344(d), (f), and (i), |
|
Transportation Code, are amended to read as follows: |
|
(d) Except as provided by Subsection (e) and Section |
|
521.342(b), during a period of probation the department may not |
|
revoke the person's license if the person is required under Article |
|
42A.403 or 42A.404 [Section 13(h) or (j), Article 42.12], Code of |
|
Criminal Procedure, to successfully complete an educational |
|
program designed to rehabilitate persons who have operated motor |
|
vehicles while intoxicated, unless the person was punished under |
|
Section 49.09(a) or (b), Penal Code, and was subject to Section |
|
49.09(h) of that code. The department may not revoke the license of |
|
a person: |
|
(1) for whom the jury has recommended that the license |
|
not be revoked under Article 42A.407(a) [Section 13(g), Article
|
|
42.12], Code of Criminal Procedure; or |
|
(2) who is placed under community supervision under |
|
Chapter 42A, Code of Criminal Procedure, [that article] and is |
|
required as a condition of community supervision to not operate a |
|
motor vehicle unless the vehicle is equipped with the device |
|
described by Article 42A.408 [Section 13(i)] of that chapter |
|
[article], unless the person was punished under Section 49.09(a) or |
|
(b), Penal Code, and was subject to Section 49.09(g) of that code. |
|
(f) After the date has passed, according to department |
|
records, for successful completion of an educational program for |
|
repeat offenders as required by Article 42A.404 [Section 13,
|
|
Article 42.12], Code of Criminal Procedure, the director shall |
|
suspend the license of a person who does not successfully complete |
|
the program or, if the person is a resident without a license, shall |
|
issue an order prohibiting the person from obtaining a license. |
|
(i) On the date that a suspension order under Section |
|
521.343(c) is to expire, the period of suspension or the |
|
corresponding period in which the department is prohibited from |
|
issuing a license is automatically increased to two years unless |
|
the department receives notice of successful completion of the |
|
educational program as required by Article 42A.406 [Section 13,
|
|
Article 42.12], Code of Criminal Procedure. At the time a person is |
|
convicted of an offense under Section 49.04 or 49.045, Penal Code, |
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the court shall warn the person of the effect of this subsection. |
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On the person's successful completion of the program, the person's |
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instructor shall give notice to the department and to the community |
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supervision and corrections department in the manner required by |
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Article 42A.406(b) [Section 13, Article 42.12], Code of Criminal |
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Procedure. If the department receives proof of completion after a |
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period has been extended under this subsection, the department |
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shall immediately end the suspension or prohibition. |
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SECTION 2.90. Section 521.350(d), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(d) A person whose license is suspended under Subsection (a) |
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shall be required by the court in which the person was convicted to |
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perform at least 10 hours of community service as ordered by the |
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court. If the person is a resident of this state without a driver's |
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license to operate a motor vehicle, the court shall issue an order |
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prohibiting the department from issuing the person a driver's |
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license before the person completes the community service. |
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Community service required under this subsection is in addition to |
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any community service required of the person as a condition of |
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community supervision under Article 42A.304 [Section 16, Article
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42.12], Code of Criminal Procedure. |
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SECTION 2.91. Section 522.088, Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 522.088. APPLICABILITY OF OTHER LAW. Section 521.344 |
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of this code and Subchapter I, Chapter 42A [Section 13, Article
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42.12], Code of Criminal Procedure, except Article 42A.409 of that |
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subchapter, do not apply to a person disqualified under this |
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chapter. |
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ARTICLE 3. REPEALER |
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SECTION 3.01. Article 42.12, Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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repealed. |
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ARTICLE 4. GENERAL MATTERS |
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SECTION 4.01. This Act is enacted under Section 43, Article |
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III, Texas Constitution. This Act is intended as a codification |
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only, and no substantive change in the law is intended by this Act. |
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SECTION 4.02. This Act takes effect January 1, 2017. |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2299 was passed by the House on May 5, |
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2015, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, 2 present, not |
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voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2299 was passed by the Senate on May |
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26, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |