85R12037 MAW-D
	By: White	H.B. No. 3070

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the payment of certain costs, fines, fees, or
	restitution by a defendant placed on community supervision.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Article 42A.701, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
	amended by adding Subsection (e-1) to read as follows:
	(e-1)  Notwithstanding Subsection (e), on the expiration of
	the period of community supervision of a defendant who has
	satisfactorily fulfilled the conditions of community supervision,
	other than a condition requiring the defendant to pay costs, fines,
	fees, or restitution, the judge shall discharge the defendant if:
	(1)  the defendant has agreed to pay any unpaid amount
	under a payment plan entered into under Section 76.019, Government
	Code; and
	(2)  the defendant provides appropriate documentation
	of the plan to the judge.
	SECTION 2.  Chapter 76, Government Code, is amended by
	adding Section 76.019 to read as follows:
	Sec. 76.019.  PAYMENT PLAN. (a) A department shall
	establish policies and procedures to authorize a defendant who has
	fulfilled all programmatic requirements of the defendant's
	community supervision but has not paid all of the supervision fees
	owed to the department or any costs, fines, fees, or restitution
	ordered as a condition of community supervision, to pay the unpaid
	amount under a payment plan.
	(b)  A payment plan under Subsection (a) must provide that
	the defendant:
	(1)  promises to pay the unpaid amount as specified by
	the plan; and
	(2)  is required to make payments under the plan after
	the date on which the defendant is discharged under Article
	42A.701(e-1), Code of Criminal Procedure.
	SECTION 3.  Not later than February 1, 2018, each community
	supervision and corrections department shall adopt policies and
	procedures required by Section 76.019, Government Code, as added by
	this Act.
	SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.