Bill Text: TX HB1884 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the penalties for certain littering offenses.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-15 - Effective on 9/1/17 [HB1884 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB1884-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 1884 |
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relating to the penalties for certain littering offenses. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Article 42A.304(e), Code of Criminal Procedure, | ||
is amended to read as follows: | ||
(e) A defendant required to perform community service under | ||
this article after conviction of an offense under Section 352.082, | ||
Local Government Code, or Section 365.012, 365.013, or 365.016, | ||
Health and Safety Code, shall perform the amount of service ordered | ||
by the court, which may not exceed 60 hours [ |
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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. A court may credit the | ||
amount of community service performed by a defendant under this | ||
subsection toward any amount of community service the defendant is | ||
ordered to perform under another provision of this code as a result | ||
of the defendant's inability to pay a fine or cost imposed in the | ||
judgment for the applicable offense. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 365.012, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended by adding Subsection (s) to read as follows: | ||
(s) On conviction of an offense under this section, the | ||
court shall require the defendant, in addition to any fine or other | ||
penalty, to perform community service as provided by Article | ||
42A.304(e), Code of Criminal Procedure. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 365.013, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: | ||
(d) On conviction of an offense under this section, the | ||
court shall require the defendant, in addition to any fine or other | ||
penalty, to perform community service as provided by Article | ||
42A.304(e), Code of Criminal Procedure. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 365.016, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: | ||
(c) On conviction of an offense under this section, the | ||
court shall require the defendant, in addition to any fine or other | ||
penalty, to perform community service as provided by Article | ||
42A.304(e), Code of Criminal Procedure. | ||
SECTION 5. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to | ||
an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. An | ||
offense committed before the effective date of this Act is governed | ||
by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, and the | ||
former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of | ||
this section, an offense was committed before the effective date of | ||
this Act if any element of the offense occurred before that date. | ||
SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 1884 was passed by the House on May 6, | ||
2017, by the following vote: Yeas 135, Nays 5, 2 present, not | ||
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. | ||
No. 1884 on May 24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 136, Nays 7, | ||
3 present, not voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 1884 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
amendments, on May 22, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays | ||
0. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: __________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |