LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
 
FISCAL NOTE, 81ST LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
 
March 24, 2009

TO:
Honorable John Carona, Chair, Senate Committee on Transportation & Homeland Security
 
FROM:
John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
 
IN RE:
SB423 by Carona (Relating to the conditions of community supervision to be imposed on a defendant who is a member of a criminal street gang.), As Introduced

No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would amend the Code of Criminal Procedure to require when a court grants community supervision to a person determined to be a member of a criminal street gang that conditions of community supervision must include that the defendant not knowlingly communicate with another member of a criminal street gang except as authorized by the court or by an employee of a law enforcement agency for the purpose of aiding in a criminal investigation.

Local Government Impact

No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.


Source Agencies:
212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council, 696 Department of Criminal Justice
LBB Staff:
JOB, KJG, DB