HBA-KMH H.B. 1162 76(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 1162
By: Crabb
Criminal Jurisprudence
3/4/1999
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Currently, state law provides the basic guidelines for a judge to implement
conditions of community supervision for defendants whose sentences have
been suspended.  A judge may impose any reasonable condition that is
designed to protect or restore the community, protect or restore the
victim, or punish, rehabilitate, or reform the defendant.  H.B. 1162 adds a
further condition allowing the judge to require the defendant to provide
public notice of the offense for which the defendant was placed on
community supervision in the county where the offense was committed. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does
not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, department, agency, or institution. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 11(a), Article 42.12, Code of Criminal
Procedure, by including a requirement that a defendant provide public
notice of the offense for which the defendant was placed on community
supervision in the county in which the offense was committed among the
noninclusive list of possible conditions for release on community
supervision. 

SECTION 2.  Effective date: September 1, 1999.

SECTION 3.  Emergency clause.