| TO: | Honorable Joe Straus, Speaker of the House, House of Representatives |
| FROM: | John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
| IN RE: | HB1573 by Gallego (Relating to certain pretrial and post-trial procedures in a criminal case.), As Passed 2nd House |
The bill would amend the Code of Criminal Procedure relating to certain pretrial and post-trial procedures in a criminal case. The bill would require a clerk of a court that does not provide online Internet access to that court's criminal case records to post notice of a prospective criminal docket setting as soon as the court notifies the clerk of the setting.
The bill would also amend the Code of Criminal Procedure relating to post conviction forensic DNA analysis. The bill would define biological material subject to testing and require that upon completion of DNA testing the convicting court shall order any unidentified DNA profile to be compared with the DNA profiles in the CODIS DNA database established by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
To the extent the bill would modify court proceedings, or require a new procedure, no significant increase in judicial workloads or fiscal implication to the Department of Public Safety or the state is anticipated. The bill would take effect September 1, 2011.
The fiscal impact from the proposed change in when a clerk of a court that does not provide online Internet access to the court's criminal case records must post notice of a prospective criminal court docket setting is not anticipated to have a significant fiscal impact.
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
| Source Agencies: | 212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council
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| LBB Staff: | JOB, SD, TB, ESi
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