LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session March 12, 2001 TO: Honorable Juan Hinojosa, Chair, House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence FROM: John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE: HB839 by Hinojosa (Relating to time served under community supervision as a credit against a sentence executed after revocation of community supervision.), As Introduced ************************************************************************** * No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. * ************************************************************************** The bill would amend the Code of Criminal Procedure to allow time served on community supervision to be credited as time served in jail or in the Institutional Division upon revocation. Currently, no part of the time the defendant is on community service is treated as a credit against a sentence executed after revocation of community service. The bill is likely to reduce the demand for prison and jail space, the extent of which would be based on the amount of community supervision time credited against sentences executed after revocation of community supervision. Local Government Impact No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated. Source Agencies: 696 Texas Department of Criminal Justice LBB Staff: JK, JC, GG