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AN ACT
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relating to a defendant's obligation to pay a fine or court cost |
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after the expiration of a period of community supervision. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 11, Article 42.12, Code of Criminal |
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Procedure, is amended by adding Subsection (b-1) to read as |
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follows: |
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(b-1) A defendant's obligation to pay a fine or court cost |
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as ordered by a judge exists independently of any requirement to pay |
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the fine or court cost as a condition of the defendant's community |
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supervision. A defendant remains obligated to pay any unpaid fine |
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or court cost after the expiration of the defendant's period of |
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community supervision. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 391 passed the Senate on |
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March 13, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 391 passed the House on |
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May 20, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 0, two |
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present not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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Approved: |
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