LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 81ST LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION March 12, 2009 TO: Honorable Pete Gallego, Chair, House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence FROM: John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:HB107 by Phillips (Relating to the rendering of a judgment and sentence in the absence of certain defendants charged with certain felonies. ), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. The bill would amend the Code of Criminal Procedure relating to the rendering of a judgment and sentence in the absence of certain defendants charged with certain felonies. The bill would allow a sentence to be rendered in the absence of a defendant imprisoned in a penal institution under certain conditions. The bill would take effect September 1, 2009. To the extent the bill would result in reduced costs relating to transporting defendants imprisoned in penal institutions to courts for rendering of sentences, no significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. Local Government Impact Savings to counties related to transportation and incarceration costs would vary and would depend on the number of defendants in a penal institution who choose to waive the right to be present at the rendering of the judgment and sentence. No significant fiscal impact is anticipated. Source Agencies:696 Department of Criminal Justice LBB Staff: JOB, ESi, GG, DB
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 81ST LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
March 12, 2009
TO: Honorable Pete Gallego, Chair, House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence FROM: John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:HB107 by Phillips (Relating to the rendering of a judgment and sentence in the absence of certain defendants charged with certain felonies. ), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
TO: Honorable Pete Gallego, Chair, House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence
FROM: John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: HB107 by Phillips (Relating to the rendering of a judgment and sentence in the absence of certain defendants charged with certain felonies. ), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
Honorable Pete Gallego, Chair, House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence
Honorable Pete Gallego, Chair, House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence
John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
HB107 by Phillips (Relating to the rendering of a judgment and sentence in the absence of certain defendants charged with certain felonies. ), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
HB107 by Phillips (Relating to the rendering of a judgment and sentence in the absence of certain defendants charged with certain felonies. ), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would amend the Code of Criminal Procedure relating to the rendering of a judgment and sentence in the absence of certain defendants charged with certain felonies. The bill would allow a sentence to be rendered in the absence of a defendant imprisoned in a penal institution under certain conditions. The bill would take effect September 1, 2009. To the extent the bill would result in reduced costs relating to transporting defendants imprisoned in penal institutions to courts for rendering of sentences, no significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would amend the Code of Criminal Procedure relating to the rendering of a judgment and sentence in the absence of certain defendants charged with certain felonies. The bill would allow a sentence to be rendered in the absence of a defendant imprisoned in a penal institution under certain conditions. The bill would take effect September 1, 2009.
To the extent the bill would result in reduced costs relating to transporting defendants imprisoned in penal institutions to courts for rendering of sentences, no significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
Local Government Impact
Savings to counties related to transportation and incarceration costs would vary and would depend on the number of defendants in a penal institution who choose to waive the right to be present at the rendering of the judgment and sentence. No significant fiscal impact is anticipated.
Source Agencies: 696 Department of Criminal Justice
696 Department of Criminal Justice
LBB Staff: JOB, ESi, GG, DB
JOB, ESi, GG, DB