HBA-TBM H.B. 2466 77(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 2466
By: Corte
County Affairs
4/1/2001
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Under current law, a court that sentences a defendant convicted of a
misdemeanor to confinement in county jail is authorized to require the
defendant to reimburse the county for that confinement.  House Bill 2466
provides that reimbursement to a county for confinement on a misdemeanor
conviction is mandatory.  

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. 

ANALYSIS

House Bill 2466 amends the Code of Criminal Procedure to require a
defendant convicted of a misdemeanor or placed on deferred adjudication who
also serves a term of confinement in county jail to reimburse the county
for the defendant's confinement.  If the defendant is determined to be
indigent, the convicting court is prohibited from requiring the defendant
to reimburse the county as a condition of community supervision, but the
amount of reimbursement owed by the defendant is a debt of the defendant
owed to the county.  

EFFECTIVE DATE

September 1, 2001.