| TO: | Honorable Jerry Madden, Chair, House Committee on Corrections |
| FROM: | John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
| IN RE: | HB1515 by Haggerty (Relating to the eligibility of persons convicted of a state jail felony to participate in the state boot camp program.), As Introduced |
The bill would amend the Code of Criminal Procedure by allowing a judge to order certain offenders convicted of a state jail felony and sentenced to confinement in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to participate in state boot camp following the suspension of the sentence imposed and placement on community supervision. The bill also would amend the Code of Criminal Procedure as it relates to state jail felony community supervision and the circumstances in which a judge may not require confinement.
The bill would take effect on September 1, 2007 and apply to a defendant convicted of an offense committed on or after that date.
The impact of the bill would depend on the application of its provisions; however, it is assumed that the number of persons affected under the provision of this bill would not result in a significant impact on the programs and workload of state corrections agencies or on the demand for resources and services of those agencies.
| Source Agencies: | 696 Department of Criminal Justice
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| LBB Staff: | JOB, ES, GG, TM
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