SRC-MSY, TJG S.B. 194 78(R)   BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research Center   S.B. 194
78R1089 EMT-DBy: Staples
State Affairs
3/7/2003
As Filed


DIGEST AND PURPOSE 

Current Texas law grants certain officers and individuals immunity in
their functions as community supervision council members.  Although those
council members who are sheriffs, sheriff's employees, county judges, and
county commissioners currently receive such immunity, county attorneys,
district judges, district attorneys, and criminal district attorneys do
not, even though state law requires such individuals to serve on community
supervision councils.  As proposed, S.B. 194 adds immunity for those
individuals. 

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 Article 42.20(c), Code of Criminal Procedure, to
include a county attorney, a district judge, district attorney, or
criminal district attorney among the list of persons to whom this article,
relating to immunity for certain government employees for an act or
omission committed while supervising an inmate or offender program or
activity applies.  Redesignates Subsections 4 and 5 as 5 and 6. 

SECTION 2.  Repealer: Section 8(g), Article 42.03, Code of Criminal
Procedure, as redesignated and amended by Section 1, Chapter 201, Acts of
the 73rd Legislature, Regular Session (Liability for certain government
employees while supervising an inmate or offender program or activity). 

SECTION 3.  Effective date: September 1, 2003.
            Makes application of this Act prospective.