LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 76th Regular Session
  
                              April 15, 1999
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Ken Armbrister, Chair, Senate Committee on
               Criminal Justice
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  SB22  by Nelson (Relating to the eligibility for release
               on community supervision or parole for a defendant
               convicted of aggravated assault.), Committee Report 1st
               House, Substituted
  
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*  No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.        *
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The bill would amend the Code of Criminal Procedure by eliminating the
possibility of judge ordered community supervision for certain offenders
adjudged guilty of the offense of aggravated assault.  The bill would
also require certain persons adjudged guilty of aggravated assault to
serve in actual calendar time, one-half of their sentence or 30 calendar
years, whichever is less, but in no event would the inmate be eligible
for release on parole in less than two years.
  
Local Government Impact
  
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is
anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   
LBB Staff:         JK, MD, GG