Basic
Conditions of Community
Supervision
Sec. 11. (a) The judge of the
court having jurisdiction of the
case shall determine the
conditions of community
supervision and may, at any
time, during the period of
community supervision alter or
modify the conditions. The judge
may impose any reasonable
condition that is designed to
protect or restore the
community, protect or restore
the victim, or punish,
rehabilitate, or reform the
defendant. Conditions of
community supervision may
include, but shall not be
limited to, the conditions that
the defendant shall:
(1) Commit no offense against
the laws of this State or of any
other State or of the United
States
(2) Avoid injurious or vicious
habits;
(3) Avoid persons or places of
disreputable or harmful
character;
(4) Report to the supervision
officer as directed by the judge
or supervision officer and obey
all rules and regulations of the
community supervision and
corrections department;
(5) Permit the supervision
officer to visit the defendant
at the defendant's home or
elsewhere;
(6) Work faithfully at suitable
employment as far as possible;
(7) Remain within a specified
place;
(8) Pay the defendant's fine, if
one be assessed, and all court
costs whether a fine be assessed
or not, in one or several sums;
(9) Support the defendant's
dependents;
(10) Participate, for a time
specified by the judge in any
community-based program,
including a community-service
work program under Section 16 of
this article;
(11) Reimburse the county in
which the prosecution was
instituted for compensation paid
to appointed counsel for
defending the defendant in the
case, if counsel was appointed,
or if the defendant was
represented by a county-paid
public defender, in an amount
that would have been paid to an
appointed attorney had the
county not had a public
defender;
(12) Remain under custodial
supervision in a community
corrections facility, obey all
rules and regulations of such
facility, and pay a percentage
of the defendant's income to the
facility for room and board;
(13) Pay a percentage of the
defendant's income to the
defendant's dependents for their
support while under custodial
supervision in a community
corrections facility;
(14) Submit to testing for
alcohol or controlled
substances;
(15) Attend counseling sessions
for substance abusers or
participate in substance abuse
treatment services in a program
or facility approved or licensed
by the Texas Commission on
Alcohol and Drug Abuse;
(16) With the consent of the
victim of a misdemeanor offense
or of any offense under Title 7,
Penal Code, participate in
victim-defendant mediation;
(17) Submit to electronic
monitoring;
(18) Reimburse the compensation
to victims of crime fund for any
amounts paid from that fund to
or on behalf of a victim, as
defined by Article 56.32, of the
defendant's offense or if no
reimbursement is required, make
one payment to the compensation
to victims of crime fund in an
amount not to exceed $50 if the
offense is a misdemeanor or not
to exceed $100 if the offense is
a felony;
(19) Reimburse a law enforcement
agency for the analysis,
storage, or disposal of raw
materials, controlled
substances, chemical precursors,
drug paraphernalia, or other
materials seized in connection
with the offense;
(20) Pay all or part of the
reasonable and necessary costs
incurred by the victim for
psychological counseling made
necessary by the offense or for
counseling and education
relating to acquired immune
deficiency syndrome or human
immunodeficiency virus made
necessary by the offense;
(21) Make one payment in an
amount not to exceed $50 to a
crime stoppers organization as
defined by Section 414.001,
Government Code, and as
certified by the Crime Stoppers
Advisory Council;
(22) Submit a DNA sample to the
Department of Public Safety
under Subchapter G, Chapter 411,
Government Code, for the purpose
of creating a DNA record of the
defendant;
(23) In any manner required by
the judge, provide public notice
of the offense for which the
defendant was placed on
community supervision in the
county in which the offense was
committed; and
(24) Reimburse the county in
which the prosecution was
instituted for compensation paid
to any interpreter in the case.
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