Bill Text: TX HB2724 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a proxy for a member of the legislature visiting a facility operated by or under contract with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-21 - Left pending in committee [HB2724 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2724-Introduced.html
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By: Reynolds | H.B. No. 2724 |
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relating to a proxy for a member of the legislature visiting a | ||
facility operated by or under contract with the Texas Department of | ||
Criminal Justice. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 501.010(a-1), Government Code, is | ||
transferred to Chapter 493, Government Code, redesignated as | ||
Section 493.032, Government Code, and amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 493.032. VISITATION FOR PURPOSES OF OBSERVING | ||
OPERATIONS OF CERTAIN FACILITIES. (a) [ |
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legislature, persons designated under Subsection (b), and members | ||
of the executive and judicial branches to enter at proper hours any | ||
part of a facility operated by or under contract with the department | ||
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507.002 is [ |
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observing the operations of the facility [ |
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described by this subsection may talk with inmates or defendants | ||
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(b) Subject to Subsection (c), a member of the legislature | ||
may designate a person to serve as the member's proxy for the | ||
purpose of observing the operations of a facility described by | ||
Subsection (a) as authorized by that subsection. A designation | ||
made under this subsection must be approved by the department and is | ||
valid until the earlier of: | ||
(1) the second anniversary of the date that the person | ||
is designated under this subsection; or | ||
(2) the date the member ceases to be a member of the | ||
legislature. | ||
(c) A person is eligible to be designated as a proxy under | ||
Subsection (b) only if: | ||
(1) at the time the designation is made: | ||
(A) the person is 18 years of age or older; | ||
(B) there are no charges pending against the | ||
person for the commission of any offense, other than a traffic | ||
offense punishable by fine only; and | ||
(C) the person provides to the department a | ||
letter from the person's supervision officer stating that the | ||
officer has been informed that the person is interested in serving | ||
as a proxy, if the person is on community supervision, parole, or | ||
mandatory supervision; | ||
(2) the person has not, during the 12-month period | ||
preceding the date the designation is made, been convicted of or | ||
placed on deferred adjudication community supervision under | ||
Subchapter C, Chapter 42A, Code of Criminal Procedure, for any | ||
offense, other than a traffic offense punishable by fine only; and | ||
(3) the person has not, during the 24-month period | ||
preceding the date the designation is made, served any portion of a | ||
term of confinement in a county jail or a facility operated by or | ||
under contract with the department. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 507.030(a-1), Government Code, is | ||
repealed. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |