HBA-JLV, EDN H.B. 839 77(R) BILL ANALYSIS Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 839 By: Hinojosa Criminal Jurisprudence 3/12/2001 Introduced BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE After the conviction or the acceptance of a plea of guilty or nolo contendere, a judge is authorized to suspend the imposition of a sentence and place a defendant on community supervision. The lengths and conditions of community supervision vary from case to case. Revocation of a defendant's community supervision occurs when a condition is violated. If revoked during the probationary period and depending on the ruling of the court, the person can be imprisoned to the maximum term, even if the person's probationary period is nearly at an end. Under current law, there are no provisions that allow for the time on probation to be credited towards imprisonment terms if the person's community supervision is revoked. House Bill 839 requires the court to consider the time spent on community supervision as credit for time served against sentences after revocation of community supervision. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution. ANALYSIS House Bill 839 amends the Code of Criminal Procedure to require the court to consider the time that the defendant was on community supervision as time served if the community supervision has been revoked for a violation of any of the conditions of the supervision. EFFECTIVE DATE September 1, 2001.