By: Zaffirini  S.B. No. 48          (In the Senate - Filed November 9, 2020; March 3, 2021, read   first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice;   April 1, 2021, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 6,   Nays 0; April 1, 2021, sent to printer.)Click here to see the committee vote     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT     relating to conditions of community supervision for defendants   convicted of certain criminal offenses involving animals.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Article 42A.511(c), Code of Criminal Procedure,   is amended to read as follows:          (c)  If a judge grants community supervision to a defendant   convicted of an offense under Section 21.09, 42.091, 42.092, 42.10,   or 42.105, Penal Code, the judge may:                (1)  require the defendant to relinquish custody of any   animals in the defendant's possession;                (2)  prohibit the defendant from possessing or   exercising control over any animals or residing in a household   where animals are present; or                (3)  require the defendant to participate in a   psychological counseling or other appropriate treatment program   for a period to be determined by the court.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.     * * * * *