TO: | Honorable Tan Parker, Chair, House Committee on Corrections |
FROM: | Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
IN RE: | HB1318 by Turner, Sylvester (Relating to the appointment of counsel for a detention hearing for certain youths.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted |
The bill would require the court to appoint counsel within a reasonable time before the initial detention hearing is held to represent the child at that hearing. The Office of Court Administration (OCA) does not anticipate a significant fiscal impact to the state. No significant impact to juvenile correctional populations is expected from the bill.
Source Agencies: | 212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council, 644 Texas Juvenile Justice Department
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LBB Staff: | UP, ESi, KKR, JPo
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