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

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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-Engrossed.html

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86R21463 TSS-F
By: Gutierrez H.B. No. 3978

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to donations to certain local nonprofit organizations
ordered to be paid as a condition of community supervision.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Article 42A.304(f), Code of Criminal Procedure,
is amended to read as follows:
(f) Instead of requiring the defendant to work a specified
number of hours at one or more community service projects under
Subsection (a), the judge may order a defendant to make a specified
donation to:
(1) a nonprofit food bank or food pantry in the
community in which the defendant resides;
(2) a charitable organization engaged primarily in
performing charitable functions for veterans in the community in
which the defendant resides; [or]
(3) a nonprofit organization that:
(A) is exempt from taxation under Section 501(a)
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 because it is listed in Section
501(c)(3) of that code; and
(B) supports drug courts serving the community
in which the defendant resides; or
(4) in a county with a population of less than 50,000,
another nonprofit organization that:
(A) is exempt from taxation under Section 501(a)
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 because it is listed in Section
501(c)(3) of that code; and
(B) provides services or assistance to needy
individuals and families in the community in which the defendant
resides.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.