Texas 2009 81st Regular

Texas House Bill HB2059 Introduced / Fiscal Note

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                    LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD    Austin, Texas      FISCAL NOTE, 81ST LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION            March 28, 2009      TO: Honorable Pete Gallego, Chair, House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence      FROM: John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board     IN RE:HB2059 by Gallego (Relating to certain pretrial and post-trial procedures in a criminal case.), As Introduced    No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.  The bill would amend the Code of Criminal Procedure relating to certain pretrial and post-trial procedures in a criminal case.  The bill would require court costs to be deducted from a criminal defendant's cash bail bond before the bond is refunded to the defendant.  To the extent the bill would modify court proceedings, no significant increase in judicial workloads or fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.  The bill would take effect September 1, 2009.  Local Government Impact The fiscal impact from collecting court costs prior to refunding a defendant's bail bond would vary by county and would depend on the number of defendants from whom court costs would be deducted prior to refunding the bond and the amount of additional court costs that would be collected as a result. The fiscal impact from the proposed change in when a clerk of a court that does not provide online Internet access to the court's criminal case records must post notice of a prospective criminal court docket setting is not anticipated to have a significant fiscal impact. No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.    Source Agencies:212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council, 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 405 Department of Public Safety   LBB Staff:  JOB, ESi, TB, DB    

LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 81ST LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
March 28, 2009





  TO: Honorable Pete Gallego, Chair, House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence      FROM: John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board     IN RE:HB2059 by Gallego (Relating to certain pretrial and post-trial procedures in a criminal case.), As Introduced  

TO: Honorable Pete Gallego, Chair, House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence
FROM: John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: HB2059 by Gallego (Relating to certain pretrial and post-trial procedures in a criminal case.), As Introduced

 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

HB2059 by Gallego (Relating to certain pretrial and post-trial procedures in a criminal case.), As Introduced

HB2059 by Gallego (Relating to certain pretrial and post-trial procedures in a criminal case.), As Introduced



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 certain pretrial and post-trial procedures in a criminal case.  The bill would require court costs to be deducted from a criminal defendant's cash bail bond before the bond is refunded to the defendant.  To the extent the bill would modify court proceedings, no significant increase in judicial workloads or fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.  The bill would take effect September 1, 2009. 

Local Government Impact

The fiscal impact from collecting court costs prior to refunding a defendant's bail bond would vary by county and would depend on the number of defendants from whom court costs would be deducted prior to refunding the bond and the amount of additional court costs that would be collected as a result. The fiscal impact from the proposed change in when a clerk of a court that does not provide online Internet access to the court's criminal case records must post notice of a prospective criminal court docket setting is not anticipated to have a significant fiscal impact. No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.

The fiscal impact from collecting court costs prior to refunding a defendant's bail bond would vary by county and would depend on the number of defendants from whom court costs would be deducted prior to refunding the bond and the amount of additional court costs that would be collected as a result.

The fiscal impact from the proposed change in when a clerk of a court that does not provide online Internet access to the court's criminal case records must post notice of a prospective criminal court docket setting is not anticipated to have a significant fiscal impact.

No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.

Source Agencies: 212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council, 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 405 Department of Public Safety

212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council, 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 405 Department of Public Safety

LBB Staff: JOB, ESi, TB, DB

 JOB, ESi, TB, DB