LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
  
                            February 19, 2001
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Royce West, Chair, Senate Committee on
               Jurisprudence
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  SB678  by West, Royce (Relating to the period during
               which a justice, municipal, or juvenile court may defer
               proceedings against certain persons for purposes of
               attending a teen court program.), 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 Article 45.052, Code of Criminal Procedure, to allow
a justice or municipal court to defer proceedings against certain
defendants under the age of 18 for not more than 180 days. Additionally,
defendants for whom proceedings are deferred would be required to
complete a teen court program not later than the 90th day after the
punishment hearing would be held. Under the provisions of the bill, the
Family Code would be amended to allow a juvenile court to defer
proceedings not more than 180 days for certain children and those
children would be required to complete a teen court program by the 90th
day after the punishment hearing.
  
Local Government Impact
  
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is
anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   
LBB Staff:         JK, TB, DB