Bill Text: TX HB2440 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the obligation of a defendant to pay court-ordered restitution.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-20 - No action taken in committee [HB2440 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB2440-Introduced.html
| 83R9081 MEW-F | ||
| By: Parker | H.B. No. 2440 | |
|
|
||
|
|
||
| relating to the obligation of a defendant to pay court-ordered | ||
| restitution. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Article 42.037, Code of Criminal Procedure, is | ||
| amended by adding Subsection (h-1) to read as follows: | ||
| (h-1) The duty to pay the restitution ordered under this | ||
| article remains with the defendant until full restitution is paid, | ||
| regardless of whether the defendant is serving a term of | ||
| confinement or is under any form of state supervision. The amount of | ||
| any unpaid restitution ordered under this article: | ||
| (1) is subject to withdrawal from an inmate account in | ||
| accordance with Section 501.014, Government Code, if the defendant | ||
| is confined in a facility operated by or under contract with the | ||
| Texas Department of Criminal Justice; and | ||
| (2) may be collected as a condition of community | ||
| supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision, if the defendant is | ||
| under state supervision. | ||
| 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, 2013. | ||
