LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
 
CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT STATEMENT
 
80TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
 
March 19, 2007

TO:
Honorable Jerry Madden, Chair, House Committee on Corrections
 
FROM:
John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
 
IN RE:
HB975 by Haggerty (Relating to computation of the time certain defendants are required to serve in confinement following the revocation of community supervision.), As Introduced

This bill would amend the Code of Criminal Procedure to allow a judge to give an offender credit for time served on community supervision at the time of revocation. This bill would apply only to those offenders whose revocation of community supervision occurred on or after the effective date of this bill.

 

Of the 1,021 felony community supervision revocation cases during September 2005 in the five largest Community Supervision and Corrections Departments, 980 were revoked to either prison or state jail.  Of the 980 felony community supervision revocation cases, offenders served an average of 26 months on community supervision prior to revocation and were sentenced to serve an average of 31 months in a correctional facility.  Under the provision of this bill a judge would be allowed to give an offender credit for all or part of the time served on community supervision prior to revocation.  A judge choosing to give offenders revoked in September 2005 credit for all of the time served on community supervision prior to revocation would reduce the term of incarceration to 5 months.

 

Depending on the application of the provision of the bill it is possible the reduction in the term of incarceration for offenders whose community supervision is revoked would result in a possibly lower correctional population.  However, it is not expected to have a significant impact on criminal justice populations.



Source Agencies:
LBB Staff:
JOB, GG, LM