Bill Text: TX HB4754 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Comm Sub

Texas House Bill 4754 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Relating to a study on the number of active releasees on a parole officer's caseload.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)

Status: (Passed) 2019-06-14 - Effective immediately [HB4754 Detail]

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	By: Lopez, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Menéndez)	H.B. No. 4754
	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 13, 2019;
	May 14, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal
	Justice; May 17, 2019, reported favorably by the following vote:
	Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 17, 2019, sent to printer.)
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	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT

	relating to a study on the number of active releasees on a parole
	officer's caseload.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. (a) In this section, "parole officer" and
	"releasee" have the meanings assigned by Section 508.001,
	Government Code.
	(b) The Texas Department of Criminal Justice shall conduct a
	study on:
	(1) the average number of active releasees on a parole
	officer's caseload;
	(2) how the department factors the number of active
	releasees on a parole officer's caseload in determining its
	legislative appropriations request and budget; and
	(3) whether the department is accurately assessing the
	number of active releasees on a parole officer's caseload to ensure
	that:
	(A) the department receives an adequate amount of
	funding to employ a sufficient number of parole officers; and
	(B) a parole officer is not overburdened or
	overworked based on the number of active releasees on the parole
	officer's caseload.
	(c) Not later than September 1, 2020, the Texas Department
	of Criminal Justice shall prepare and submit to the legislature a
	written report that summarizes the results of the study conducted
	under this section.
	SECTION 2. This Act expires December 31, 2020.
	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
	Act takes effect September 1, 2019.

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