HBA-AMW S.B. 25 77(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisS.B. 25
By: Shapiro
Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
3/18/2001
Engrossed



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Under current law, a juvenile is eligible for a determinate sentence if it
is proven that the juvenile committed certain violent or habitual offenses,
but manslaughter and intoxication manslaughter are not included.  Senate
Bill 25 classifies manslaughter and intoxication manslaughter as habitual
felony conduct and authorizes a prosecuting attorney to request a grand
jury to certify that a juvenile, having committed manslaughter or
intoxication manslaughter, be eligible to receive a determinate sentence
when adjudicated. 

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

Senate Bill 25 amends the Family Code to add manslaughter and intoxication
manslaughter to the list of offenses that constitute habitual felony
conduct and authorizes a prosecuting attorney to refer a petition for an
adjudication or transfer hearing of a child alleged to have engaged in the
habitual felony conduct to the grand jury of the county in which the court
in which the petition is filed presides. 

EFFECTIVE DATE

September 1, 2001.