Supplement: TX SB1151 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Fiscal Note (Senate Committee Report)
For additional supplements on Texas SB1151 please see the Bill Drafting List
Bill Title: Relating to the authority of corporations to act as sureties on bail bonds.
Status: 2023-04-03 - Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence [SB1151 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB1151-Fiscal_Note_Senate_Committee_Report_.html
Bill Title: Relating to the authority of corporations to act as sureties on bail bonds.
Status: 2023-04-03 - Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence [SB1151 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB1151-Fiscal_Note_Senate_Committee_Report_.html
| TO: |
Honorable John Whitmire, Chair, Senate Committee on Criminal Justice |
| FROM: |
Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
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| IN RE: |
SB1151 by Whitmire (Relating to the authority of corporations to act as sureties on bail bonds.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted |
No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would create a minimum premium that a defendant must pay to a corporation before the corporation or its agent may execute 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 premium.
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| LBB Staff: | JMc, DDel, BC, DPE |
