Title CR, Code of Criminal Procedure

Art. 42A.453. CHILD SAFETY ZONE. (a) In this article, "playground," "premises," "school," "video arcade facility," and "youth center" have the meanings assigned by Section 481.134, Health and Safety Code, and "general residential operation" has the meaning assigned by Section 42.…

Art. 42A.454. CERTAIN INTERNET ACTIVITY PROHIBITED. (a) This article applies only to a defendant who is required to register as a sex offender under Chapter 62, by court order or otherwise, and: (1) is convicted of or receives a grant of deferred adjudication community supervisio…

Art. 42A.455. PAYMENT TO CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER. A judge who grants community supervision to a defendant charged with or convicted of an offense under Section 21.11 or 22.011(a)(2), Penal Code, may require the defendant to pay a fine in an amount not to exceed $50 to a childr…

Art. 42A.501. COMMUNITY SUPERVISION FOR OFFENSE COMMITTED BECAUSE OF BIAS OR PREJUDICE. (a) A court granting community supervision to a defendant convicted of an offense for which the court has made an affirmative finding under Article 42.014 shall require as a term of community …

Art. 42A.502. COMMUNITY SUPERVISION FOR CERTAIN VIOLENT OFFENSES; CHILD SAFETY ZONE. (a) In this article, "playground," "premises," "school," "video arcade facility," and "youth center" have the meanings assigned by Section 481.134, Health and Safety Code. (b) A judge granting co…

Art. 42A.503. COMMUNITY SUPERVISION FOR CERTAIN CHILD ABUSE OFFENSES; PROHIBITED CONTACT WITH VICTIM. (a) If the court grants community supervision to a defendant convicted of an offense described by Article 17.41(a), the court may require as a condition of community supervision …

Art. 42A.504. COMMUNITY SUPERVISION FOR CERTAIN OFFENSES INVOLVING FAMILY VIOLENCE; SPECIAL CONDITIONS. (a) In this article: (1) "Family violence" has the meaning assigned by Section 71.004, Family Code. (2) "Family violence center" has the meaning assigned by Section 51.002, Hum…

Art. 42A.505. COMMUNITY SUPERVISION FOR STALKING OFFENSE; PROHIBITED CONTACT WITH VICTIM. (a) If the court grants community supervision to a defendant convicted of an offense under Section 42.072, Penal Code, the court may require as a condition of community supervision that the …

Art. 42A.506. COMMUNITY SUPERVISION FOR DEFENDANT WITH MENTAL IMPAIRMENT. If the judge places a defendant on community supervision and the defendant is determined to be a person with mental illness or a person with an intellectual disability, as provided by Article 16.22 or Chapt…

Art. 42A.507. COMMUNITY SUPERVISION FOR CERTAIN DEFENDANTS IDENTIFIED AS MEMBERS OF CRIMINAL STREET GANGS; ELECTRONIC MONITORING. (a) This article applies only to a defendant who: (1) is identified as a member of a criminal street gang in an intelligence database established unde…

Art. 42A.508. COMMUNITY SUPERVISION FOR CERTAIN ORGANIZED CRIME OFFENSES; RESTRICTIONS ON OPERATION OF MOTOR VEHICLE. A court granting community supervision to a defendant convicted of an offense under Chapter 71, Penal Code, may impose as a condition of community supervision res…

Art. 42A.509. COMMUNITY SUPERVISION FOR GRAFFITI OFFENSE. A court granting community supervision to a defendant convicted of an offense under Section 28.08, Penal Code, shall require as a condition of community supervision that the defendant perform: (1) at least 15 hours of comm…

Art. 42A.510. COMMUNITY SUPERVISION FOR ENHANCED DISORDERLY CONDUCT OFFENSE. (a) On conviction of an offense punishable as a Class C misdemeanor under Section 42.01, Penal Code, for which punishment is enhanced under Section 12.43(c), Penal Code, based on previous convictions und…

Art. 42A.511. COMMUNITY SUPERVISION FOR CERTAIN OFFENSES INVOLVING ANIMALS. (a) If a judge grants community supervision to a defendant convicted of an offense under Section 42.09, 42.091, 42.092, or 42.10, Penal Code, the judge may require the defendant to: (1) complete an online…

Art. 42A.512. COMMUNITY SUPERVISION FOR ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION OF CERTAIN VISUAL MATERIAL. (a) In this article, "parent" means a natural or adoptive parent, managing or possessory conservator, or legal guardian. The term does not include a parent whose parental rights have been …

Art. 42A.513. COMMUNITY SUPERVISION FOR MAKING FIREARM ACCESSIBLE TO CHILD. (a) A court granting community supervision to a defendant convicted of an offense under Section 46.13, Penal Code, may require as a condition of community supervision that the defendant: (1) provide an ap…

Art. 42A.514. COMMUNITY SUPERVISION FOR CERTAIN ALCOHOL OR DRUG RELATED OFFENSES. (a) If a judge grants community supervision to a defendant younger than 18 years of age convicted of an alcohol-related offense under Section 106.02, 106.025, 106.04, 106.041, 106.05, or 106.07, Alc…

Art. 42A.515. COMMUNITY SUPERVISION FOR CERTAIN PROSTITUTION OFFENSES. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (e), on a defendant's conviction of a Class B misdemeanor under Section 43.02(a), Penal Code, the judge shall suspend imposition of the sentence and place the defendant on …

Art. 42A.516. COMMUNITY SUPERVISION FOR LEAVING SCENE OF MOTOR VEHICLE COLLISION RESULTING IN DEATH OF PERSON. (a) A judge granting community supervision to a defendant convicted of an offense punishable under Section 550.021(c)(1)(A), Transportation Code, shall require as a cond…

Art. 42A.517. COMMUNITY SUPERVISION FOR CERTAIN OFFENSES INVOLVING OBSTRUCTION OF HIGHWAY OR OTHER PASSAGEWAY. A court granting community supervision to a defendant convicted of an offense punishable as a state jail felony under Section 42.03, Penal Code, shall require as a condi…

Art. 42A.551. PLACEMENT ON COMMUNITY SUPERVISION; EXECUTION OF SENTENCE. (a) Except as otherwise provided by Subsection (b) or (c), on conviction of a state jail felony under Section 481.115(b), 481.1151(b)(1), 481.116(b), 481.1161(b)(3), 481.121(b)(3), or 481.129(g)(1), Health a…

Art. 42A.552. REVIEW OF PRESENTENCE REPORT. Before imposing a sentence in a state jail felony case in which the judge assesses punishment, the judge shall: (1) review the presentence report prepared for the defendant under Subchapter F; and (2) determine whether the best interest…

Art. 42A.553. MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM PERIODS OF COMMUNITY SUPERVISION; EXTENSION. (a) The minimum period of community supervision a judge may impose under this subchapter is two years. The maximum period of community supervision a judge may impose under this subchapter is five years…

Art. 42A.554. CONDITIONS OF COMMUNITY SUPERVISION. (a) A judge assessing punishment in a state jail felony case may impose any condition of community supervision on the defendant that the judge could impose on a defendant placed on supervision for an offense other than a state ja…

Art. 42A.555. CONFINEMENT AS A CONDITION OF COMMUNITY SUPERVISION. (a) A judge assessing punishment in a state jail felony case may impose as a condition of community supervision that a defendant submit at the beginning of the period of community supervision to a term of confinem…

Art. 42A.556. SANCTIONS IMPOSED ON MODIFICATION OF COMMUNITY SUPERVISION. If in a state jail felony case a defendant violates a condition of community supervision imposed under this chapter and after a hearing under Article 42A.751(d) the judge modifies the defendant's community …

Art. 42A.557. REPORT BY DIRECTOR OF FACILITY. The facility director of a state jail felony facility shall report to a judge who orders a defendant confined in the facility as a condition of community supervision or as a sanction imposed on a modification of community supervision …

Art. 42A.558. REVOCATION; OPTIONS REGARDING EXECUTION OF SENTENCE. (a) If in a state jail felony case a defendant violates a condition of community supervision imposed under this chapter and after a hearing under Article 42A.751(d) the judge revokes the defendant's community supe…

Art. 42A.559. CREDITS FOR TIME SERVED. (a) For purposes of this article, "diligent participation" includes: (1) successful completion of an educational, vocational, or treatment program; (2) progress toward successful completion of an educational, vocational, or treatment program…

Art. 42A.560. MEDICAL RELEASE. (a) If a defendant is convicted of a state jail felony and the sentence is executed, the judge sentencing the defendant may release the defendant to a medically suitable placement if the judge determines that the defendant does not constitute a thre…

Art. 42A.561. MEDICAL RELEASE. (a) If a defendant is convicted of a state jail felony and the sentence is executed, the judge sentencing the defendant may release the defendant to a medical care facility or medical treatment program if the Texas Correctional Office on Offenders w…

Art. 42A.562. PLACEMENT ON COMMUNITY SUPERVISION; EDUCATIONAL AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING PILOT PROGRAM. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a judge assessing punishment in a state jail felony case may suspend the imposition of the sentence and place the defendant on community …

Art. 42A.601. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "community corrections facility" has the meaning assigned by Section 509.001, Government Code. Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 770 (H.B. 2299), Sec. 1.01, eff. January 1, 2017.

Art. 42A.602. MAXIMUM TERM OR TERMS OF CONFINEMENT. (a) If a judge requires as a condition of community supervision or participation in a pretrial intervention program operated under Section 76.011, Government Code, or a drug court program established under Chapter 123, Governmen…

Art. 42A.603. EFFECT OF REVOCATION ON CREDIT FOR TIME SPENT IN FACILITY. A defendant granted community supervision under this chapter and required as a condition of community supervision to serve a term of confinement under this subchapter may not earn good conduct credit for tim…

Art. 42A.604. EVALUATION OF DEFENDANT'S BEHAVIOR AND ATTITUDE. (a) As directed by the judge, the community corrections facility director shall file with the community supervision and corrections department director or administrator of a drug court program, as applicable, a copy o…

Art. 42A.605. PLACEMENT IN COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECT. If ordered by the judge who placed the defendant on community supervision, a community corrections facility director shall attempt to place a defendant as a worker in a community service project of a type described by Article …

Art. 42A.606. CONFINEMENT REQUIRED; EXCEPTIONS. A defendant participating in a program under this subchapter must be confined in the community corrections facility at all times except for time spent: (1) attending and traveling to and from: (A) an education or rehabilitation prog…

Art. 42A.607. DISPOSITION OF SALARY. If a defendant who is required as a condition of community supervision to serve a term of confinement under this subchapter is not required by the judge to deliver the defendant's salary to the restitution center director, the employer of the …

Art. 42A.651. PAYMENT AS CONDITION OF COMMUNITY SUPERVISION. (a) A judge may not order a defendant to make a payment as a term or condition of community supervision, except for: (1) the payment of fines, court costs, or restitution to the victim; (2) reimbursement of a county as …

Art. 42A.652. MONTHLY REIMBURSEMENT FEE. (a) Except as otherwise provided by this article, a judge who grants community supervision to a defendant shall set a reimbursement fee of not less than $25 and not more than $60 to be paid each month during the period of community supervi…

Art. 42A.653. ADDITIONAL MONTHLY FINE FOR CERTAIN SEX OFFENDERS. (a) A judge who grants community supervision to a defendant convicted of an offense under Section 21.08, 21.11, 22.011, 22.021, 25.02, 43.25, or 43.26, Penal Code, shall require as a condition of community supervisi…

Art. 42A.654. FEES DUE ON CONVICTION. For the purpose of determining when fees due on conviction are to be paid to any officer, the placement of a defendant on community supervision is considered a final disposition of the case, without the necessity of waiting for the terminatio…

Art. 42A.655. ABILITY TO PAY. (a) The court shall consider the defendant's ability to pay before ordering the defendant to make any payments under this chapter. (b) Notwithstanding any other law and subject to Subsection (c), the court shall consider whether the defendant has suf…

Art. 42A.701. REDUCTION OR TERMINATION OF COMMUNITY SUPERVISION PERIOD. (a) At any time after the defendant has satisfactorily completed one-third of the original community supervision period or two years of community supervision, whichever is less, the judge may reduce or termin…

Art. 42A.702. TIME CREDITS FOR COMPLETION OF CERTAIN CONDITIONS OF COMMUNITY SUPERVISION. (a) This article applies only to a defendant who: (1) is granted community supervision, including deferred adjudication community supervision, for an offense punishable as a state jail felon…