LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 84TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION May 6, 2015 TO: Honorable Abel Herrero, Chair, House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:SB1326 by Menéndez (Relating to the maximum cumulative period allowed for restoration of a defendant's competency to stand trial and to certain time credits awarded against that cumulative period.), As Engrossed No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. The bill would amend the Code of Criminal Procedure relating to the maximum period of time a defendant can be committed to a mental hospital or other facility or treatment program after a finding of incompetency to stand trial. The bill would authorize a court, in calculating the cumulative maximum time period, to consider good time credit the defendant may have been granted while confined in a correctional facility before the initial order of commitment was entered. The Office of Court Administration indicates bill provisions are not anticipated to have a significant fiscal implication for the court system. Local Government Impact No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated. Source Agencies:212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council LBB Staff: UP, KJo, TB
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 84TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
May 6, 2015
TO: Honorable Abel Herrero, Chair, House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:SB1326 by Menéndez (Relating to the maximum cumulative period allowed for restoration of a defendant's competency to stand trial and to certain time credits awarded against that cumulative period.), As Engrossed
TO: Honorable Abel Herrero, Chair, House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence
FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: SB1326 by Menéndez (Relating to the maximum cumulative period allowed for restoration of a defendant's competency to stand trial and to certain time credits awarded against that cumulative period.), As Engrossed
Honorable Abel Herrero, Chair, House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence
Honorable Abel Herrero, Chair, House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
SB1326 by Menéndez (Relating to the maximum cumulative period allowed for restoration of a defendant's competency to stand trial and to certain time credits awarded against that cumulative period.), As Engrossed
SB1326 by Menéndez (Relating to the maximum cumulative period allowed for restoration of a defendant's competency to stand trial and to certain time credits awarded against that cumulative period.), 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 maximum period of time a defendant can be committed to a mental hospital or other facility or treatment program after a finding of incompetency to stand trial. The bill would authorize a court, in calculating the cumulative maximum time period, to consider good time credit the defendant may have been granted while confined in a correctional facility before the initial order of commitment was entered. The Office of Court Administration indicates bill provisions are not anticipated to have a significant fiscal implication for the court system.
Local Government Impact
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source Agencies: 212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council
212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council
LBB Staff: UP, KJo, TB
UP, KJo, TB