BILL ANALYSIS


                                                     C.S.H.B. 594
                                            By: Greenberg (Brown)
                                                 Criminal Justice
                                                         05-22-95
                            Senate Committee Report (Substituted)
BACKGROUND

According to the Criminal Justice Policy Council, the average time
served in prison by offenders convicted of sexual assault ranges
from 6.7 to 10.3 years.  The average sentence for sexual assault
against an adult ranges from 13 to 17.4 years.

PURPOSE

As proposed, C.S.H.B. 594 makes sexual assault against a child a
"3g" offense on first conviction and sexual assault against an
adult a "3g" offense on second conviction of a sex crime.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not grant any
additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, institution, or
agency.

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1. Amends Section 3g(a), Article 42.12, Code of Criminal
Procedure, to provide that the provisions of Section 3 of this
article do not apply to a defendant adjudged guilty of an offense
defined by, among other offenses, Section 22.011(a)(2) or Section
22.11(a)(1), Penal Code (sexual assault), but only if the defendant
previously has been adjudged guilty of an offense under Section
21.11(a)(1), or 22.011, Penal Code.

SECTION 2. Amends Section 8(b)(3), Article 42.18, Code of Criminal
Procedure, to make conforming changes.

SECTION 3. Makes application of this Act prospective.

SECTION 4. Effective date: September 1, 1995.

SECTION 5. Emergency clause.