Bill Text: TX HB3303 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to certain procedures involving a violation of a condition of community supervision committed by a defendant who is the sole caretaker of a child.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-05-14 - Referred to Criminal Justice [HB3303 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB3303-Engrossed.html
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By: Bowers | H.B. No. 3303 |
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relating to certain procedures involving a violation of a condition | ||
of community supervision committed by a defendant who is the sole | ||
caretaker of a child. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Article 42A.751, Code of Criminal Procedure, is | ||
amended by adding Subsections (m), (n), and (o) to read as follows: | ||
(m) When considering whether to revoke, continue, or modify | ||
the community supervision of a defendant for a violation of a | ||
condition of community supervision, the court shall, unless the | ||
violation involves being arrested for, charged with, or convicted | ||
of an offense other than a traffic offense that is punishable by | ||
fine only, take into consideration whether the defendant is the | ||
sole caretaker of a child. | ||
(n) The attorney representing the state shall include in a | ||
motion to revoke, continue, or modify community supervision a | ||
statement from the defendant's supervision officer regarding | ||
whether the defendant is a sole caretaker of a child. | ||
(o) In this article, "sole caretaker of a child" means a | ||
person who has assumed or will soon assume sole responsibility for a | ||
dependent child younger than 18 years of age by providing for the | ||
child's needs, including housing, health care, financial support, | ||
education, family support, or safety. | ||
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to a | ||
person on community supervision on or after the effective date of | ||
this Act, regardless of whether the person was placed on community | ||
supervision before, on, or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |