Bill Text: TX HB2806 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the issuance of a summons for certain persons charged with a violation of a condition of release on parole or to mandatory supervision.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-18 - Referred to Corrections [HB2806 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB2806-Introduced.html
87R11144 MCF-D | ||
By: J. Johnson of Harris | H.B. No. 2806 |
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relating to the issuance of a summons for certain persons charged | ||
with a violation of a condition of release on parole or to mandatory | ||
supervision. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 508.251(c), Government Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(c) Instead of the issuance of a warrant under this section, | ||
the division: | ||
(1) may issue to the person a summons requiring the | ||
person to appear for a hearing under Section 508.281 if the person: | ||
(A) is not a releasee who is: | ||
(i) on intensive supervision or | ||
superintensive supervision; | ||
(ii) an absconder; or | ||
(iii) determined by the division to be a | ||
threat to public safety; or | ||
(B) is charged only with committing a new offense | ||
that is alleged to have been committed after the first anniversary | ||
of the date the person was released on parole or to mandatory | ||
supervision if: | ||
(i) the new offense is a Class C misdemeanor | ||
under the Penal Code, other than an offense committed against a | ||
child younger than 17 years of age or an offense involving family | ||
violence, as defined by Section 71.004, Family Code; | ||
(ii) the person has maintained steady | ||
employment for at least one year; | ||
(iii) the person has maintained a stable | ||
residence for at least one year; and | ||
(iv) the person has not previously been | ||
charged with an offense after the person was released on parole or | ||
to mandatory supervision; and | ||
(2) shall issue to the person a summons requiring the | ||
person to appear for a hearing under Section 508.281 if the person: | ||
(A) is charged only with committing: | ||
(i) a new offense for which the person has | ||
been released on bond; or | ||
(ii) an administrative violation of release | ||
that is alleged to have been committed after the first anniversary | ||
of the date the person was released on parole or to mandatory | ||
supervision; | ||
(B) is not serving a sentence for, and has not | ||
been previously convicted of, an offense listed in or described by | ||
Article 62.001(5), Code of Criminal Procedure; and | ||
(C) is not a releasee with respect to whom a | ||
summons may not be issued under Subdivision (1). | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |