85R3046 MAW-D     By: Birdwell S.B. No. 527       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to a defendant's payment of costs associated with a   court-appointed counsel.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Article 26.05, Code of Criminal Procedure, is   amended by adding Subsection (g-1) to read as follows:          (g-1)  This subsection applies only to a defendant who at the   time of sentencing to confinement or placement on community   supervision, including deferred adjudication community   supervision, did not have the financial resources to pay the   maximum amount described by Subsection (g)(1) or (2), as   applicable, for legal services provided to the defendant.  At any   time during a defendant's sentence of confinement or period of   community supervision, the judge, after providing written notice to   the defendant and an opportunity for the defendant to present   information relevant to the defendant's ability to pay, may order a   defendant to whom this subsection applies to pay any unpaid portion   of that amount if the judge determines that the defendant has the   financial resources to pay the additional portion.  In making a   determination under this subsection, the judge may only consider   the information a court or courts' designee is authorized to   consider in making an indigency determination under Article   26.04(m).          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.