SRC-DBM H.B. 1162 76(R)   BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research Center   H.B. 1162
76R1920  PEP-DBy: Crabb (Brown)
Criminal Justice
5/4/1999
Engrossed


DIGEST 

Currently, state law provides 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 would
set forth provisions authorizing a judge to require certain public notice
as a condition of community supervision. 

PURPOSE

As proposed, H.B. 1162 sets foryh provisions authorizing a judge to require
certain public notice as a condition of community supervision. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, institution, or agency. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 11(a), Article 42.12, Code of Criminal
Procedure, to set forth the authorized conditions of community supervision
required of a defendant, including providing, in any manner required by a
judge, public notice of the offense for which the defendant was placed on
community supervision in the county in which the offense was committed. 

SECTION 2.Effective date: September 1, 1999.

SECTION 3.Emergency clause.