LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 81ST LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION May 22, 2009 TO: Honorable John Whitmire, Chair, Senate Committee on Criminal Justice FROM: John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:HB2267 by Hodge (Relating to the joint or separate prosecution in capital felony cases. ), Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. The bill would amend the Code of Criminal Procedure relating to joint or separate prosecution in capital felony cases. According to the Office of Court Administration, under current law, a court has discretion to jointly try two or more defendants who are charged with the same offense or with any offense growing out of the same transaction in capital felony cases. To the extent the bill would amend court procedures to necessitate two or more capital trials in death penalty cases rather than one trial, no significant increase in judicial workloads or fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. Local Government Impact The costs of adjudicating two or more capital trials for two or more defendants rather than only one trial may have a fiscal implication for any particular jurisdiction. Because this estimate assumes such circumstances would be infrequent, no significant implication to units of local government statewide is anticipated. Source Agencies:212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council, 696 Department of Criminal Justice LBB Staff: JOB, TB, ESi
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 81ST LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
May 22, 2009
TO: Honorable John Whitmire, Chair, Senate Committee on Criminal Justice FROM: John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:HB2267 by Hodge (Relating to the joint or separate prosecution in capital felony cases. ), Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted
TO: Honorable John Whitmire, Chair, Senate Committee on Criminal Justice
FROM: John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: HB2267 by Hodge (Relating to the joint or separate prosecution in capital felony cases. ), Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted
Honorable John Whitmire, Chair, Senate Committee on Criminal Justice
Honorable John Whitmire, Chair, Senate Committee on Criminal Justice
John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
HB2267 by Hodge (Relating to the joint or separate prosecution in capital felony cases. ), Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted
HB2267 by Hodge (Relating to the joint or separate prosecution in capital felony cases. ), Committee Report 2nd 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 joint or separate prosecution in capital felony cases. According to the Office of Court Administration, under current law, a court has discretion to jointly try two or more defendants who are charged with the same offense or with any offense growing out of the same transaction in capital felony cases. To the extent the bill would amend court procedures to necessitate two or more capital trials in death penalty cases rather than one trial, no significant increase in judicial workloads or fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
Local Government Impact
The costs of adjudicating two or more capital trials for two or more defendants rather than only one trial may have a fiscal implication for any particular jurisdiction. Because this estimate assumes such circumstances would be infrequent, no significant implication to units of local government statewide is anticipated.
The costs of adjudicating two or more capital trials for two or more defendants rather than only one trial may have a fiscal implication for any particular jurisdiction. Because this estimate assumes such circumstances would be infrequent, no significant implication to units of local government statewide is anticipated.
Source Agencies: 212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council, 696 Department of Criminal Justice
212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council, 696 Department of Criminal Justice
LBB Staff: JOB, TB, ESi
JOB, TB, ESi