HBA-MPM H.B. 222 76(R) BILL ANALYSIS Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 222 By: Naishtat Criminal Jurisprudence 2/10/1999 Introduced BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Currently, state law authorizes a parole officer to send a person on parole back to prison and a probation officer to report to a judge that a person is not obeying the terms of the person's probation. Parole and probation officers have been subject to retaliatory violence by parolees and probationers. H.B. 222 adds parole and probation officers to the class of individuals whose murder is a capital offense. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does not delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution. SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS SECTION 1. Amends Section 19.03, Penal Code, by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (d), as follows: (a) Provides that a person commits an offense if he commits murder under Section 19.02(b)(1) against an officer or fireman listed under Subsection (d). Makes conforming changes. (d) Makes Subsection (a)(1) applicable for an individual who is a peace officer, a fireman, a juvenile probation officer, a community supervision and corrections department officer appointed or employed under Section 76.004, Government Code (Department Director), or a parole officer. SECTION 2. Makes application of this Act prospective. SECTION 3: Effective date: September 1, 1999. SECTION 4. Emergency clause.