HBA-SEP H.B. 58 77(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 58
By: Cuellar
Criminal Jurisprudence
4/10/2001
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Current law does not provide for an increase of punishment for a person
whose criminal responsibility is based on the conduct of another person who
is nonresponsible due to age.  Increasing the penalty may decrease such
occurrences.  House Bill 58 provides this increase. 

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 58 amends the Penal Code to increase the punishment of a person
whose criminal responsibility is based on the conduct of another person who
is nonresponsible due to age.  The bill provides that for an offense other
than a Class A misdemeanor or a first degree felony, the punishment is
increased to the punishment prescribed for the next highest category of
offense.  If the offense is a Class A misdemeanor, the minimum term of
confinement for the offense is increased to 180 days.   

EFFECTIVE DATE

September 1, 2001.