TO: | Honorable Abel Herrero, Chair, House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence |
FROM: | Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
IN RE: | HB1667 by Carter (Relating to the conditions of release on bond for certain defendants charged with the offense of burglary.), As Introduced |
The bill would amend the Code of Criminal Procedure to require a defendant previously convicted of burglary two or more times to submit to electronic monitoring and pay the costs as a condition of bond. The bill would require a court that determines a defendant is indigent or unable to pay the cost of electronic monitoring to enter the findings on record. The bill would also require a defendant who violates a condition of bond and whose bail is revoked to be taken into custody and denied further release on personal bond pending trial. The defendant may be release on depositing current money with the court, or obtaining a surety bond.
According to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ), no significant fiscal impact is anticipated unless it is determined that it will have an impact on the offender population.
Source Agencies: | 696 Department of Criminal Justice
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LBB Staff: | UP, ESi, KKR
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