TO: | Honorable David Dewhurst , Lieutenant Governor, Senate Honorable Joe Straus, Speaker of the House, House of Representatives |
FROM: | John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
IN RE: | HB498 by McClendon (Relating to the establishment of an advisory panel to assist with a study regarding the prevention of wrongful convictions. ), Conference Committee Report |
The bill would amend the Government Code, Chapter 71, to establish an advisory panel to assist the Task Force on Indigent Defense in conducting a study and preparing a report regarding the prevention of wrongful convictions. The bill would take effect September 1, 2009.
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LBB Staff: | JOB, ESi, GG
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