SRC-TBR S.B. 1531 77(R)   BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research Center   S.B. 1531
77R6099 JD-DBy: Cain
Criminal Justice
4/9/2001
As Filed


DIGEST AND PURPOSE 

Currently, an ignition interlock device must remain installed for at least
half of the supervision period for a person convicted of certain driving
intoxication offenses.  As proposed, S.B. 1531 requires the device to
remain on the vehicle for the entire supervision period and prohibits a
defendant from attempting to remove the court ordered device without court
permission. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a
state officer, institution, or agency. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 13(i), Article 42.12, Code of Criminal
Procedure, to require a court to require a defendant to provide evidence to
the court within the 30-day period that an ignition interlock device has
been installed on the appropriate vehicle and order the device to remain
installed on that vehicle until the expiration of the supervision period
and to not be removed from the vehicle without a written order issued by
the court.  Prohibits a person from removing a device installed in a
defendant's vehicle under this subsection unless the person holds a written
order authorizing the removal issued by the court that ordered the device
to be installed.  Deletes language regarding a period of not less than 50
percent of the supervision period. 

SECTION 2. (a)  Effective date: September 1, 2001.

 (b) and (c)  Makes application of this Act prospective.