Supplement: TX HB303 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Fiscal Note (Introduced)
For additional supplements on Texas HB303 please see the Bill Drafting List
Bill Title: Relating to a justice or municipal court's authority to order a defendant confined in jail for failure to pay a fine or cost or for contempt and to the authority of a municipality to enforce the collection of certain fines by imprisonment of the defendant.
Status: 2023-05-10 - Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal [HB303 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB303-Fiscal_Note_Introduced_.html
Bill Title: Relating to a justice or municipal court's authority to order a defendant confined in jail for failure to pay a fine or cost or for contempt and to the authority of a municipality to enforce the collection of certain fines by imprisonment of the defendant.
Status: 2023-05-10 - Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal [HB303 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB303-Fiscal_Note_Introduced_.html
| TO: |
Honorable Joe Moody, Chair, House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence |
| FROM: |
Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
|
| IN RE: |
HB303 by Bernal (Relating to the amount of a fine or cost imposed in a criminal case by a justice or municipal court and to the court's authority to order a defendant confined in jail for failure to pay a fine or cost or for contempt.), As Introduced |
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would amend Code of Criminal Procedure provisions relating to the authority of a justice or municipal court to impose fines and costs and order a defendant confined in jail for contempt or for failure to pay a fine or cost.
The Office of Court Administration indicates that no significant fiscal impact to the state court system is anticipated. While it is assumed that any state revenue impact would not be significant, it would be dependent on the number of justice and municipal court defendants receiving credit toward the amount of the fine and court costs for time served in jail and the rate of such credit as specified by the court.
Local Government Impact
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
| Source Agencies: | 212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council, 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts |
| LBB Staff: | JMc, DDel, LBO, ESch |
