Bill Text: TX HB653 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the frequency with which certain parolees are required to report to their supervision officer.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-02-14 - Referred to Corrections [HB653 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-HB653-Introduced.html

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83R5188 PEP-D
By: Dutton H.B. No. 653

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the frequency with which certain parolees are required
to report to their supervision officer.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 508, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 508.1556 to read as follows:
Sec. 508.1556. QUARTERLY REPORT STATUS FOR CERTAIN
RELEASEES. (a) The division may place on quarterly report status
a releasee who:
(1) is serving a term of parole as the result of a
conviction for an offense under Section 29.03, Penal Code,
committed before September 1977;
(2) has not been convicted of an offense committed
after September 1977 that is an offense listed under Section
3g(a)(1), Article 42.12, Code of Criminal Procedure, or an offense
under Section 20A.03 or 21.02, Penal Code; and
(3) is determined by the division to have made a good
faith effort to comply with any conditions of release imposed on the
releasee.
(b) A releasee placed on quarterly report status under this
section may not be required to report in person to the releasee's
supervising officer any more frequently than once in each 90-day
period.
(c) The division may require a releasee placed on quarterly
report status under this section to resubmit to more intensive
supervision at any time and for any reason.
SECTION 2. 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, 2013.