SRC-TAG C.S.S.B. 883 78(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research CenterC.S.S.B. 883
By: Whitmire
Criminal Justice
4-2-2003
As Filed

DIGEST AND PURPOSE 

Current law requires that a defendant being transferred from a county jail
to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice be accompanied by a pen packet
containing certain information about the defendant.  Among the items
required to be contained in the packet are a copy of the judgment entered
against the defendant; any amounts owed for restitution, fines, and court
costs; and a written report that states the nature and the seriousness of
each offense for which the defendant was convicted.  As proposed, S.B. 883
requires that a copy of any detainer placed on the defendant be included
in the defendant's pen packet.   

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 8(a), Article 42.09, Code of Criminal
Procedure, to require a county that transfers a defendant to the Texas
Department of Criminal (TDCJ)  to deliver to the officer designated by the
TDCJ a copy of any detainer,  

SECTION 2.  Effective date: September 1, 2003.
            Makes application of this Act prospective.