LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 82ND LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION May 11, 2011 TO: Honorable Pete Gallego, Chair, House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence FROM: John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:SB1522 by Hinojosa (Relating to the entering of a plea in a criminal case by a defendant confined in a penal institution.), As Engrossed No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. The bill would amend the Code of Criminal Procedure relating to the entering of a plea in a criminal case by a defendant confined in a penal institution. The proposed amendments would allow the requirement that the plea be in writing to be satisfied by delivery of writing by United States mail or secure electronic or facsimile transmission. The proposed amendments add requirements that the court verify that the person submitting the plea is the defendant named in the information or indictment or a person with legal authority to act for the defendant in the information or indictment. The bills provisions are not anticipated to have a significant impact on judicial workloads or fiscal implication to the state. The bill would take effect September 1, 2011. Local Government Impact No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated. Source Agencies:212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council, 696 Department of Criminal Justice LBB Staff: JOB, ESi, TB, AI
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 82ND LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
May 11, 2011
TO: Honorable Pete Gallego, Chair, House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence FROM: John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:SB1522 by Hinojosa (Relating to the entering of a plea in a criminal case by a defendant confined in a penal institution.), As Engrossed
TO: Honorable Pete Gallego, Chair, House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence
FROM: John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: SB1522 by Hinojosa (Relating to the entering of a plea in a criminal case by a defendant confined in a penal institution.), As Engrossed
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
SB1522 by Hinojosa (Relating to the entering of a plea in a criminal case by a defendant confined in a penal institution.), As Engrossed
SB1522 by Hinojosa (Relating to the entering of a plea in a criminal case by a defendant confined in a penal institution.), As Engrossed
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 entering of a plea in a criminal case by a defendant confined in a penal institution. The proposed amendments would allow the requirement that the plea be in writing to be satisfied by delivery of writing by United States mail or secure electronic or facsimile transmission. The proposed amendments add requirements that the court verify that the person submitting the plea is the defendant named in the information or indictment or a person with legal authority to act for the defendant in the information or indictment. The bills provisions are not anticipated to have a significant impact on judicial workloads or fiscal implication to the state. The bill would take effect September 1, 2011.
Local Government Impact
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government 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, ESi, TB, AI
JOB, ESi, TB, AI