Supplement: TX HB227 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Fiscal Note (Introduced)
For additional supplements on Texas HB227 please see the Bill Drafting List
Bill Title: Relating to the authority of corporations to act as sureties on bail bonds.
Status: 2023-03-28 - Left pending in committee [HB227 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB227-Fiscal_Note_Introduced_.html
Bill Title: Relating to the authority of corporations to act as sureties on bail bonds.
Status: 2023-03-28 - Left pending in committee [HB227 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB227-Fiscal_Note_Introduced_.html
| TO: |
Honorable Joe Moody, Chair, House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence |
| FROM: |
Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
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| IN RE: |
HB227 by Johnson, Ann (Relating to the authority of corporations to act as sureties on bail bonds.), As Introduced |
No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would create a minimum fee that a defendant must pay to a corporation before the corporation may act as a surety on a bail bond for the defendant.
Local Government Impact
There may be costs to units of local government that detain defendants to the extent that some defendants remain in detention due to the minimum fee.
| Source Agencies: |
| LBB Staff: | JMc, DDel, BC, DPE |
