Bill Text: TX HB3731 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to certain notices and information about certain releasees from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice that are provided to or made accessible to criminal justice agencies.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-05-01 - Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar [HB3731 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB3731-Comm_Sub.html
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By: Leach | H.B. No. 3731 | ||
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3731: | |||
By: Krause | C.S.H.B. No. 3731 |
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relating to certain notices and information about certain releasees | ||
from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice that are provided to | ||
or made accessible to criminal justice agencies. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Sections 508.115(a) and (d), Government Code, | ||
are amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) Not later than the 11th day before the date a parole | ||
panel orders the release on parole of an inmate or not later than | ||
the 11th day after the date the board recommends that the governor | ||
grant executive clemency, the division shall give notice in | ||
accordance with Subsection (d) to [ |
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of police, the prosecuting attorneys, and the district judges in | ||
the county in which the inmate was convicted and the county to which | ||
the inmate is released that a parole panel is considering release on | ||
parole or the governor is considering clemency. | ||
(d) The notice must include [ |
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(1) the inmate's name, age, sex, and race; | ||
(2) a photograph of the inmate; | ||
(3) if applicable: | ||
(A) the address at which the inmate will reside; | ||
(B) the name of the inmate's parole supervisor or | ||
the director of the halfway house to which the inmate is | ||
transferred, as appropriate; and | ||
(C) the rules or conditions of the inmate's | ||
release; | ||
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convicted; and | ||
(5) [ |
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convicted. | ||
SECTION 2. Subchapter D, Chapter 508, Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 508.120 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 508.120. RELEASEE DATABASE. (a) In this section, | ||
"criminal justice agency" has the meaning assigned by Article | ||
60.01, Code of Criminal Procedure. | ||
(b) The division shall establish and maintain a database for | ||
the purpose of providing real time information about releasees to | ||
criminal justice agencies. | ||
(c) The database: | ||
(1) must contain the following information about a | ||
releasee, to the extent that the information is available: | ||
(A) a photograph; | ||
(B) a physical description; | ||
(C) gang affiliation; | ||
(D) residential history; | ||
(E) family history; | ||
(F) employment history; | ||
(G) a list of persons who visited the releasee | ||
during the releasee's confinement by the department; | ||
(H) the make, model, and license plate number of | ||
any vehicle operated by the releasee; and | ||
(I) any other information that the division | ||
considers appropriate; and | ||
(2) must be updated as soon as practicable after a | ||
parole officer learns of a change in any information described by | ||
Subdivision (1). | ||
(d) In establishing a database under this section, the | ||
division may utilize an existing database that is maintained by the | ||
department, including the corrections tracking system established | ||
under Article 60.02, Code of Criminal Procedure. | ||
SECTION 3. Subchapter H, Chapter 508, Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 508.2511 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 508.2511. NOTICE OF WARRANT ISSUANCE. The department | ||
shall provide notice of a warrant issued under this subchapter to | ||
each law enforcement agency whose jurisdiction includes the | ||
residence of the releasee, according to the department's records. | ||
SECTION 4. (a) The change in law made by this Act to Section | ||
508.115, Government Code, applies only to the consideration by a | ||
parole panel of the release of an inmate or the transfer of an | ||
inmate to a halfway house that occurs on or after September 1, 2015, | ||
or to a recommendation that the governor grant executive clemency | ||
that is made on or after that date. | ||
(b) The change in law made by this Act in adding Section | ||
508.2511, Government Code, applies only to a warrant issued under | ||
Subchapter H, Chapter 508, Government Code, on or after the | ||
effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |