HBA-BSM S.B. 1270 77(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisS.B. 1270
By: Bernsen
Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
5/6/2001
Engrossed



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Under current Texas law, it is an offense for a person to cause another
person to contact certain bodily fluids and wastes in certain adult and
juvenile and correctional facilities, but not in a secure detention or
correctional facility operated by or under contract with a juvenile board.
Senate Bill 1270 provides that such offenses are also an offense in a
secure detention or correctional facility operated by or under contract
with a juvenile board. 

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 1270 amends the Penal Code to provide that a person commits an
offense in a secure detention facility or a secure correctional facility
operated by or under contract with a juvenile board, if the person, with
intent to harass, alarm, or annoy another person, causes the other person
to contact the blood, seminal fluid, urine, or feces of the actor or any
other person.  

EFFECTIVE DATE

September 1, 2001.