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Chapter 464
H.B. No. 27
1 AN ACT 2 relating to the payment of fines and costs by defendants who are 3 unable to pay the fines and costs in misdemeanor cases. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 5 SECTION 1. The heading to Article 42.15, Code of Criminal 6 Procedure, is amended to read as follows: 7 Art. 42.15. FINES AND COSTS. 8 SECTION 2. Article 42.15, Code of Criminal Procedure, is 9 amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c) to 10 read as follows: 11 (b) Subject to Subsection (c), when [W.ef.n] imposing a fine 12 and costsL a court may direct a defendant: 13 (1) to pay the entire fine and costs when sentence is 14 pronounced; [e*] 15 (2) to pay the entire fine and costs at some later 16 date; or 17 (3) to pay a specified portion of the fine and costs at 18 designated intervals. 19 (c) When imposing a fine and costs in a misdemeanor case, if 20 the court determines that the defendant is unable to immediately 21 pay the fine and costs, the court shall allow the defendant to pay 22 the fine and costs in specified portions at designated intervals. 23 SECTION 3. Article 45.041, Code of Criminal Procedure, is 24 amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (b-2) to
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Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.82nd Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 27, Chapter 464,
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June 17, 2011;
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