TO: | Honorable Jeff Wentworth, Chair, Senate Committee on Jurisprudence |
FROM: | John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
IN RE: | HB1086 by Hughes (Relating to the discharge of an alternate juror in a criminal case.), As Engrossed |
Fiscal Year | Probable Net Positive/(Negative) Impact to General Revenue Related Funds |
---|---|
2008 | ($530,400) |
2009 | ($530,400) |
2010 | ($530,400) |
2011 | ($530,400) |
2012 | ($530,400) |
Fiscal Year | Probable Revenue Gain/(Loss) from GENERAL REVENUE FUND 1 |
---|---|
2008 | ($530,400) |
2009 | ($530,400) |
2010 | ($530,400) |
2011 | ($530,400) |
2012 | ($530,400) |
The bill would amend the Code of Criminal Procedure to extend the amount of time before alternate jurors would be discharged from their duties. Under current statute, an alternate juror serves until the jury retires to consider a verdict. Under the provisions of the bill, an alternate juror would not be discharged until the jury renders a verdict and, if it is a guilty verdict, renders the amount of punishment.
The change in statute would apply only to a trial commenced on or after the effective date of the bill, which would be September 1, 2007.
Source Agencies: | 212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council, 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts
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LBB Staff: | JOB, MN, ES, ZS, DB
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