HBA-AMW S.B. 25 77(R) BILL ANALYSIS Office of House Bill AnalysisS.B. 25 By: Shapiro Juvenile Justice & Family Issues 3/18/2001 Engrossed BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Under current law, a juvenile is eligible for a determinate sentence if it is proven that the juvenile committed certain violent or habitual offenses, but manslaughter and intoxication manslaughter are not included. Senate Bill 25 classifies manslaughter and intoxication manslaughter as habitual felony conduct and authorizes a prosecuting attorney to request a grand jury to certify that a juvenile, having committed manslaughter or intoxication manslaughter, be eligible to receive a determinate sentence when adjudicated. 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. ANALYSIS Senate Bill 25 amends the Family Code to add manslaughter and intoxication manslaughter to the list of offenses that constitute habitual felony conduct and authorizes a prosecuting attorney to refer a petition for an adjudication or transfer hearing of a child alleged to have engaged in the habitual felony conduct to the grand jury of the county in which the court in which the petition is filed presides. EFFECTIVE DATE September 1, 2001.