BILL ANALYSIS |
C.S.H.B. 431 |
By: White, James |
Juvenile Justice & Family Issues |
Committee Report (Substituted) |
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
Interested parties contend that current law relating to juvenile justice records needs to be examined because there are issues regarding access to those records. C.S.H.B. 431 seeks to address this concern and to enhance the management of juvenile records.
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly create a criminal offense, increase the punishment for an existing criminal offense or category of offenses, or change the eligibility of a person for community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision.
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RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.
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ANALYSIS
C.S.H.B. 431 requires the Texas Juvenile Justice Board, not later than December 1, 2015, to appoint the Juvenile Records Advisory Committee to develop a plan for studying, reorganizing, and comprehensively revising statutory provisions regarding juvenile justice information system records and any other relevant laws pertaining to juvenile records. The bill requires the board, in making appointments to the committee, to include members who are interested parties and to designate one of the appointed members as presiding officer of the advisory committee. The bill requires the advisory committee, not later than November 1, 2016, to submit the recommendations for statutory and other law revisions and a copy of the committee's plan to the legislature and the board. The bill authorizes the committee to submit preliminary recommendations at any time before submitting the report and follow-up recommendations at any time after submitting the report. The bill establishes that members of the advisory committee serve without compensation and are not entitled to reimbursement for expenses and exempts the committee from statutory provisions governing state agency advisory committees. The bill's provisions expire and the advisory committee is abolished December 31, 2018.
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EFFECTIVE DATE
On passage, or, if the bill does not receive the necessary vote, September 1, 2015.
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COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL AND SUBSTITUTE
While C.S.H.B. 431 may differ from the original in minor or nonsubstantive ways, the following comparison is organized and formatted in a manner that indicates the substantial differences between the introduced and committee substitute versions of the bill.
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