HBA-NMO, KMH H.B. 1162 76(R)BILL ANALYSIS Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 1162 By: Crabb Criminal Jurisprudence 7/7/99 Enrolled BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE State law provides the 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 adds a further condition allowing the judge to require the defendant to provide public notice of the offense for which the defendant was placed on community supervision in the county where the offense was committed. 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. SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS SECTION 1. Amends Section 11(a), Article 42.12, Code of Criminal Procedure, by including a requirement that a defendant provide public notice of the offense for which the defendant was placed on community supervision in the county in which the offense was committed among the noninclusive list of possible conditions for release on community supervision. SECTION 2. Effective date: September 1, 1999. SECTION 3. Emergency clause.