Bill Text: TX SB1921 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the payment of certain fines and costs by a defendant.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-20 - Referred to Criminal Justice [SB1921 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB1921-Introduced.html
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By: Miles | S.B. No. 1921 |
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relating to the payment of certain fines and costs by a defendant. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Article 42.15, Code of Criminal Procedure, is | ||
amended by adding Subsection (a-2) and amending Subsection (b) to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a-2) When imposing fines and costs, a court may not require | ||
a defendant to pay more than five percent of the defendant's monthly | ||
income to satisfy the fines and costs, without the agreement of the | ||
defendant. | ||
(b) Subject to Subsections (a-2), (c), and (d) and Article | ||
43.091, when imposing fines [ |
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defendant: | ||
(1) to pay the entire amount of fines [ |
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when sentence is pronounced; | ||
(2) to pay the entire amount of fines [ |
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at some later date; or | ||
(3) to pay a specified portion of the fines [ |
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costs at designated intervals. | ||
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to a | ||
defendant who is sentenced for an offense on or after the effective | ||
date of this Act, regardless of whether the offense is committed | ||
before, on, or after that date. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |