Section 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 supervision that the defendant: (1) serve a term of not more than one year imprisonment in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice if the offense is a felony other than an offense under Section 19.02, Penal Code; or(2) serve a term of not more than 90 days confinement in jail if the offense is a misdemeanor.(b) The court may not grant community supervision on its own motion or on the recommendation of the jury to a defendant convicted of an offense for which the court has made an affirmative finding under Article 42.014 if:(1) the offense for which the court has made the affirmative finding is an offense under Section 19.02, Penal Code; or(2) the defendant has been previously convicted of an offense for which the court made an affirmative finding under Article 42.014.Tex. Code Crim. Proc. § 42A.501
Added by Acts 2015, Texas Acts of the 84th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 770,Sec. 1.01, eff. 1/1/2017.