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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the child safety zone applicable to a person released on |
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parole or to mandatory supervision. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 508.187, Government Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows: |
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(b-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (b)(1)(B), a requirement |
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that a releasee not go in, on, or within a distance specified by a |
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parole panel of certain premises does not apply to a releasee while |
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the releasee is traveling directly en route on a public or private |
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roadway between locations at which the releasee has legitimate |
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business. |
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SECTION 2. Section 508.225, Government Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: |
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(a-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (a)(2), a requirement that |
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an inmate not go in, on, or within a distance specified by a parole |
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panel of certain premises does not apply to an inmate while the |
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inmate is traveling directly en route on a public or private roadway |
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between locations at which the inmate has legitimate business. |
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SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies to a |
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person on parole or mandatory supervision on or after the effective |
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date of this Act, regardless of whether the person was released on |
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parole or to mandatory supervision before, on, or after that date. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |