Bill Text: TX HB3978 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to donations to certain local nonprofit organizations ordered to be paid as a condition of community supervision.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-05-13 - Referred to Criminal Justice [HB3978 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB3978-Introduced.html
 
 
  By: Gutierrez H.B. No. 3978
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to a defendant making a specified donation in lieu of
  working a specified number of hours at a community service project.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Chapter 42A, Subchapter G, Article 42A.304,
  Criminal Procedure Code, is amended by adding new subsection (f)
  (4) to read as follows:
         501(c)3 corporation that supports drug courts within that
  county.
 
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
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