Honorable Abel Herrero, Chair, House Committee on Corrections
FROM:
Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
HB1742 by Leach (Relating to increasing the minimum term of imprisonment and changing the eligibility for community supervision, mandatory supervision, and parole for persons convicted of intoxication manslaughter.), As Introduced
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would make the offense of intoxication manslaughter punishable with a five-year minimum term of imprisonment and make the minimum term of imprisonment required as a condition of community supervision for the offense not less than five years in certain circumstances. The bill would make eligibility for release on parole or to mandatory supervision for such an offense contingent on actual calendar time served, without consideration of good conduct time, being equal to at least five years.
The Office of Court Administration anticipates no significant fiscal impact to the state. It is assumed that any impact on state correctional populations or on the demand for state correctional resources would not be significant.
Local Government Impact
It is assumed that any fiscal impact to units of local government associated with enforcement, prosecution, supervision, or confinement would not be significant.
Source Agencies:
212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council