LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 81ST LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

April 17, 2009

TO:	Honorable John Whitmire, Chair, Senate Committee on Criminal Justice
FROM:	John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	SB1506 by Whitmire (Relating to the payment of the costs associated with certain conditions of bond. ), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted

No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would amend the Code of Criminal Procedure to authorize requiring a defendant who is placed on electronic monitoring or required to be tested for use of controlled substances as a condition of bond to pay for those services as a condition of bond. If those costs are imposed, the bill would authorize a magistrate to revoke a defendant's bond and order the defendant arrested if they fail to pay those costs and the magistrate determines the defendant is not indigent and is financially able to make the required payments.

Local Government Impact

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

Source Agencies:

212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council

LBB Staff:

JOB, ESi, DB