Bill Text: TX HB821 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the solicitation of pen pals by certain inmates of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-04-20 - Considered in Calendars [HB821 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB821-Comm_Sub.html
85R505 MAW-D | ||
By: Shaheen, White | H.B. No. 821 |
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relating to the solicitation of pen pals by certain inmates of the | ||
Texas Department of Criminal Justice. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 500, Government Code, is amended by | ||
adding Section 500.009 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 500.009. PEN PAL SOLICITATION PROHIBITED. (a) This | ||
section applies only to an inmate confined in a facility operated by | ||
or under contract with the department who is serving a sentence for | ||
an offense for which registration as a sex offender is required | ||
under Chapter 62, Code of Criminal Procedure. | ||
(b) The department shall adopt a policy that prohibits an | ||
inmate described by Subsection (a) from placing an advertisement | ||
soliciting a pen pal on an Internet website operated for that | ||
purpose, regardless of whether another person submits or pays for | ||
the advertisement for the inmate. | ||
SECTION 2. Not later than December 1, 2017, the Texas | ||
Department of Criminal Justice shall adopt the policy required by | ||
Section 500.009, Government Code, as added by this Act. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |