H.B. No. 1884         AN ACT   relating to the penalties for certain littering offenses.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Article 42A.304(e), Code of Criminal Procedure,   is amended to read as follows:          (e)  A defendant required to perform community service under   this article after conviction of an offense under Section 352.082,   Local Government Code, or Section 365.012, 365.013, or 365.016,   Health and Safety Code, shall perform the amount of service ordered   by the court, which may not exceed 60 hours [of service]. The   community service must consist of picking up litter in the county in   which the defendant resides or working at a recycling facility if a   program for performing that type of service is available in the   community in which the court is located.  A court may credit the   amount of community service performed by a defendant under this   subsection toward any amount of community service the defendant is   ordered to perform under another provision of this code as a result   of the defendant's inability to pay a fine or cost imposed in the   judgment for the applicable offense.          SECTION 2.  Section 365.012, Health and Safety Code, is   amended by adding Subsection (s) to read as follows:          (s)  On conviction of an offense under this section, the   court shall require the defendant, in addition to any fine or other   penalty, to perform community service as provided by Article   42A.304(e), Code of Criminal Procedure.          SECTION 3.  Section 365.013, Health and Safety Code, is   amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:          (d)  On conviction of an offense under this section, the   court shall require the defendant, in addition to any fine or other   penalty, to perform community service as provided by Article   42A.304(e), Code of Criminal Procedure.          SECTION 4.  Section 365.016, Health and Safety Code, is   amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:          (c)  On conviction of an offense under this section, the   court shall require the defendant, in addition to any fine or other   penalty, to perform community service as provided by Article   42A.304(e), Code of Criminal Procedure.          SECTION 5.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to   an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. An   offense committed before the effective date of this Act is governed   by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, and the   former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of   this section, an offense was committed before the effective date of   this Act if any element of the offense occurred before that date.          SECTION 6.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.       ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                   I certify that H.B. No. 1884 was passed by the House on May 6,   2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 135, Nays 5, 2 present, not   voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.   No. 1884 on May 24, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 136, Nays 7,   3 present, not voting.     ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House               I certify that H.B. No. 1884 was passed by the Senate, with   amendments, on May 22, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays   0.     ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate      APPROVED: __________________                   Date                       __________________                 Governor