TO: | Honorable Tan Parker, Chair, House Committee on Corrections |
FROM: | Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
IN RE: | HB2733 by White (Relating to the administration and operation of the Texas Juvenile Justice Department, including the denial of bail for violent juveniles committed to the department.), As Introduced |
The bill would amend the Code of Criminal Procedure to allow bail to be denied to a person committed to the Texas Juvenile Justice Department (TJJD), who commits certain felony offenses while confined in a facility operated by or under contract with TJJD, and who is 17 years or older at the time of the offense.
Denying bail for any criminal offense is expected to increase demands on county correctional agency resources due to longer terms of county jail confinement. It is assumed that the number of offenders supervised or incarcerated under this statute would not significantly impact state correctional agency resources.
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LBB Staff: | UP, GG, JPo
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