TO: | Honorable Pete Gallego, Chair, House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence |
FROM: | John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
IN RE: | HB770 by Lozano (relating to the punishment prescribed for the offense of bail jumping and failure to appear.), As Introduced |
The bill would amend the Penal Code to make failure to appear in accordance with the terms of release from custody, with or without bail, punishable as a felony of the first degree if the offense for which the person is to appear is murder or capital murder. Under current statute, the punishment for failure to appear in accordance with the terms of release from custody is a third degree felony if the offense for which the person was conditionally released is a felony. The bill would take effect on September 1, 2011 and would apply to an offense committed on or after the effective date.
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LBB Staff: | JOB, ESi, GG, LM
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