HBA-EVB S.B. 232 76(R) BILL ANALYSIS Office of House Bill AnalysisS.B. 232 By: Ellis Corrections 4/26/1999 Engrossed BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Currently, the Government Code does not require those responsible for supervising inmates to notify the authority which originally placed those inmates in a correctional facility of the release of such inmates by discharge or on parole or mandatory supervision. Such a notification might aid in the collection of fines from these persons after discharge or release. S.B. 232 requires the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to promptly notify certain courts of an inmate's discharge or release on mandatory supervision or parole. 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. SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS SECTION 1. Amends Chapter 493, Government Code, by adding Section 493.023, as follows: Sec. 493.023. NOTIFICATION TO COURT OF RELEASE. Requires the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to promptly notify the clerk of the court in which the inmate was convicted of the release of an inmate who discharges the inmate's sentence or of the release of an inmate on parole or mandatory supervision. SECTION 2. Effective date: September 1, 1999. SECTION 3. Emergency clause.