Bill Text: TX HB3210 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to sex offender treatment as a condition of parole or mandatory supervision for certain releasees.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-23 - Left pending in committee [HB3210 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB3210-Introduced.html
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| By: Sheffield of Coryell | H.B. No. 3210 | |
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| relating to sex offender treatment as a condition of parole or | ||
| mandatory supervision for certain releasees. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 508.045(c), Government Code, is amended | ||
| to read as follows: | ||
| (c) A parole panel may: | ||
| (1) grant, deny, or revoke parole; | ||
| (2) revoke mandatory supervision; [ |
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| (3) conduct parole revocation hearings and mandatory | ||
| supervision revocation hearings; and | ||
| (4) conduct hearings regarding the imposition of | ||
| conditions of release applicable to sex offenders, as appropriate, | ||
| for inmates not convicted of a sex offense. | ||
| SECTION 2. Subchapter F, Chapter 508, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 508.1862 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 508.1862. SEX OFFENDER TREATMENT. A parole panel | ||
| shall require as a condition of release on parole or to mandatory | ||
| supervision that a releasee required to register as a sex offender | ||
| under Chapter 62, Code of Criminal Procedure, participate in a sex | ||
| offender treatment program developed by the department. | ||
| SECTION 3. Subchapter G, Chapter 508, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 508.228 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 508.228. SEX OFFENDER TREATMENT; SEX OFFENDER | ||
| CONDITIONS HEARING. (a) A parole panel may require as a condition | ||
| of release on parole or to mandatory supervision that a releasee | ||
| participate in a sex offender treatment program as specified by the | ||
| parole panel. | ||
| (b) A parole panel or a designated agent of the board must | ||
| conduct a hearing under rules adopted by the board before requiring | ||
| sex offender treatment for a releasee who has not been convicted of | ||
| an offense requiring registration as a sex offender under Chapter | ||
| 62, Code of Criminal Procedure. | ||
| SECTION 4. Sections 508.1862 and 508.228, Government Code, | ||
| as added by this Act, apply only to a decision of a parole panel made | ||
| on or after the effective date of this Act. A decision of a parole | ||
| panel made before the effective date of this Act is governed by the | ||
| law in effect on the date the decision was made, and the former law | ||
| is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
| SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
