HBA-JEK, AMW H.B. 598 77(R)BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 598
By: Goodman
Corrections
6/14/2001
Enrolled



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

The community justice assistance division (division) of the Texas
Department of Criminal Justice allocates funds to community supervision and
corrections departments that supervise and help rehabilitate the more than
440,000 offenders in Texas who are currently serving sentences under
community supervision rather than in prison.  These departments receive
approximately 65 percent of their operating budgets from the Texas
legislature.  They also receive funds from their local governments and by
collecting court-ordered fees from offenders.  The maximum fees collected
from offenders have not been increased for years, which has resulted in
more costs for local governments.  House Bill 598 raises the maximum
monthly fees that local governments may charge defendants during their
supervision period. 

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 598 amends the Code of Criminal Procedure to increase from $40
to $60 the maximum amount of a monthly fee that a defendant pays to the
court of record having original criminal jurisdiction during the community
supervision period.  

EFFECTIVE DATE

September 1, 2001.