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Sec. 20. REDUCTION OR TERMINATION OF COMMUNITY SUPERVISION.
(a) At any time after the defendant has satisfactorily completed one-third of the original community supervision
period or two years of community supervision, whichever is less, the period of community supervision may be reduced or
terminated by the judge. On completion of one-half of the original community supervision period or two years of community
supervision, whichever is more, the judge shall review the defendant's record and consider whether to reduce or
terminate the period of community supervision, unless the defendant is delinquent in paying required restitution,
fines, costs, or fees that the defendant has the ability to pay or the defendant has not completed court-ordered
counseling or treatment. Before conducting the review, the judge shall notify the attorney representing the state
and the defendant. If the judge determines that the defendant has failed to satisfactorily fulfill the conditions
of community supervision, the judge shall advise the defendant in writing of the requirements for satisfactorily
fulfilling those conditions. Upon the satisfactory fulfillment of the conditions of community supervision, and the
expiration of the period of community supervision, the judge, by order duly entered, shall amend or modify the original
sentence imposed, if necessary, to conform to the community supervision period and shall discharge the defendant. If
the judge discharges the defendant under this section, the judge may set aside the verdict or permit the defendant to
withdraw the defendant's plea, and shall dismiss the accusation, complaint, information or indictment against the
defendant, who shall thereafter be released from all penalties and disabilities resulting from the offense or crime
of which the defendant has been convicted or to which the defendant has pleaded guilty, except that:
(1) proof of the conviction or plea of guilty shall be made known to the judge should the defendant again be convicted
of any criminal offense; and
(2) if the defendant is an applicant for a license or is a licensee under Chapter 42, Human Resources Code, the Health
and Human Services Commission may consider the fact that the defendant previously has received community supervision
under this article in issuing, renewing, denying, or revoking a license under that chapter.
(b) This section does not apply to a defendant convicted of an offense under Sections 49.04-49.08, Penal
Code, a defendant convicted of an offense for which on conviction registration as a sex offender is required under Chapter 62, or
a defendant convicted of a felony described by Section 3g.
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