Bill Text: TX HB694 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the release from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice of certain inmates who complete a rehabilitation program.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-21 - Referred to Corrections [HB694 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB694-Introduced.html
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| By: Turner | H.B. No. 694 | |
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| relating to the release from the Texas Department of Criminal | ||
| Justice of certain inmates who complete a rehabilitation program. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 508.141, Government Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsections (b-1), (d-1), and (d-2) and amending Subsection | ||
| (d) to read as follows: | ||
| (b-1) If a parole panel requires, as a condition of release, | ||
| that an inmate complete a specific department rehabilitation | ||
| program before release, the department shall place the inmate in | ||
| the program specified by the parole panel, except that the | ||
| department may place the inmate in a different program with the | ||
| approval of the parole panel. | ||
| (d) A parole panel may release an inmate on parole during | ||
| the parole month established for the inmate, or during any | ||
| applicable range of dates established under Subsection (d-1), if | ||
| the panel determines that the inmate's release will not increase | ||
| the likelihood of harm to the public. | ||
| (d-1) A parole panel that, as a condition of release, | ||
| requires an inmate to complete a specific department rehabilitation | ||
| program shall specify a range of dates, based on the date the inmate | ||
| is likely to have completed the specified program, during which the | ||
| department may release the inmate, if the inmate has: | ||
| (1) successfully completed the program specified by | ||
| the parole panel; and | ||
| (2) satisfied all other conditions of release | ||
| specified by the parole panel. | ||
| (d-2) The range of dates specified by the parole panel under | ||
| Subsection (d-1) may not begin earlier than the 45th day before any | ||
| applicable release date established for the inmate and must be a | ||
| range of at least 30 days. | ||
| SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to any | ||
| inmate who is confined in a facility operated by or under contract | ||
| with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice on or after the | ||
| effective date of this Act, regardless of when the inmate's period | ||
| of confinement began. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. | ||
