Bill Text: TX HB162 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Relating to conditions of community supervision for defendants convicted of certain criminal offenses involving animals; authorizing fees.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-15 - Effective on 9/1/17 [HB162 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB162-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Relating to conditions of community supervision for defendants convicted of certain criminal offenses involving animals; authorizing fees.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-15 - Effective on 9/1/17 [HB162 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB162-Comm_Sub.html
85R22711 LHC-D | |||
By: Lucio III | H.B. No. 162 | ||
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 162: | |||
By: Moody | C.S.H.B. No. 162 |
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relating to conditions of community supervision for defendants | ||
convicted of certain criminal offenses involving animals; | ||
authorizing fees. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Article 42A.511, Code of Criminal Procedure, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Art. 42A.511. COMMUNITY SUPERVISION FOR CERTAIN OFFENSES | ||
INVOLVING ANIMALS. (a) 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: | ||
(1) complete an online responsible pet owner course | ||
approved and certified by the Texas Department of Licensing and | ||
Regulation; or | ||
(2) attend a responsible pet owner course sponsored by | ||
a municipal animal shelter, as defined by Section 823.001, Health | ||
and Safety Code, that: | ||
(A) [ |
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municipal funds; and | ||
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located. | ||
(b) For purposes of the online responsible pet owner course | ||
described by Subsection (a)(1), the Texas Department of Licensing | ||
and Regulation or the Texas Commission of Licensing and Regulation, | ||
as appropriate: | ||
(1) is responsible for the approval, certification, | ||
and administration of the course and course providers; | ||
(2) may charge fees for: | ||
(A) initial and renewal course certifications; | ||
(B) initial and renewal course provider | ||
certifications; | ||
(C) course participant completion certificates; | ||
and | ||
(D) other fees necessary for the administration | ||
of the course and course providers; | ||
(3) shall adopt rules regarding the administration of | ||
the course and course providers, including rules regarding: | ||
(A) the criteria for course approval and | ||
certification; | ||
(B) the criteria for course provider approval and | ||
certification; | ||
(C) curriculum development; | ||
(D) course length and content; | ||
(E) criteria for a participant to complete the | ||
course; and | ||
(F) a course completion certificate that is | ||
acceptable to a court; | ||
(4) is authorized to monitor and audit the provision | ||
of the course by the course providers; and | ||
(5) may take enforcement actions as appropriate to | ||
enforce this subsection. | ||
SECTION 2. Not later than March 1, 2018, the Texas | ||
Department of Licensing and Regulation or the Texas Commission of | ||
Licensing and Regulation, as appropriate, shall adopt rules to | ||
implement Article 42A.511, Code of Criminal Procedure, as amended | ||
by this Act. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |