SRC-PNG C.S.S.B. 22 76(R)BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research CenterC.S.S.B. 22
76R12552 GWK-DBy: Nelson
Criminal Justice
4/15/1999
Committee Report (Substituted)


DIGEST 

Currently, under Texas law, aggravated assault is not included among the
offenses in which offenders are denied eligibility for release on community
supervision or early parole.  This is an inconsistency in the statute
regarding the punishment of violent offenders.  This bill creates
conformity in the law by denying eligibility for release on community
supervision or early parole of a person convicted of aggravated assault in
the same manner that other violent offenders are excluded. 

PURPOSE

As proposed, C.S.S.B. 22 would deny a person convicted of aggravated
assault the eligibility for release on community supervision or parole.  

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 3g(a), Article 42.12, Code of Criminal Procedure,
to include Section 22.02(a)(1), Penal Code (aggravated assault) among the
offenses under which  a defendant is adjudged guilty for which the
provisions of Section 3 of this article do not apply. 

SECTION 2. Amends Section 508.145(d), Government Code, to make conforming
and nonsubstantive changes. 

SECTION 3. Makes application of this Act prospective.

SECTION 4. Effective date:  September 1, 1999.

SECTION 5. Emergency clause.

SUMMARY OF COMMITTEE CHANGES

SECTION 1. 

Amends Section 3g(a), Article 42.12, Code of Criminal Procedure, to include
Section 22.02(a)(1), Penal Code (aggravated assault), rather than Section
22.02, Penal Code, among the offenses under which  a defendant is adjudged
guilty for which the provisions of Section 3 of this article do not apply.