Bill Text: TX SB1631 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the child safety zone applicable to a person released on parole or to mandatory supervision.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-10 - Not again placed on intent calendar [SB1631 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB1631-Comm_Sub.html
By: Rodríguez | S.B. No. 1631 | |
(In the Senate - Filed March 9, 2017; March 22, 2017, read | ||
first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice; | ||
May 4, 2017, reported adversely, with favorable Committee | ||
Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 4, 2017, sent | ||
to printer.) | ||
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1631 | By: Whitmire |
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relating to the child safety zone applicable to a person released on | ||
parole or to mandatory supervision. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 508.187, Government Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows: | ||
(b-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (b)(1)(B), a requirement | ||
that a releasee not go in, on, or within a distance specified by a | ||
parole panel of certain premises does not apply to a releasee while | ||
the releasee is in or going immediately to or from: | ||
(1) a parole office; | ||
(2) premises at which the releasee is participating in | ||
a program or activity required as a condition of release; | ||
(3) a residential facility in which the releasee is | ||
required to reside as a condition of release; | ||
(4) a private residence in which the releasee is | ||
required to reside as a condition of release; or | ||
(5) any other premises, facility, or location that is: | ||
(A) designed to rehabilitate or reform the | ||
releasee; or | ||
(B) authorized by the division as a premises, | ||
facility, or location where it is reasonable and necessary for the | ||
releasee to be present and at which the releasee has legitimate | ||
business, including a church, synagogue, or other established place | ||
of religious worship, a workplace, a health care facility, or a | ||
location of a funeral. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 508.225, Government Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: | ||
(a-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (a)(2), a requirement that | ||
an inmate not go in, on, or within a distance specified by a parole | ||
panel of certain premises does not apply to an inmate while the | ||
inmate is in or going immediately to or from: | ||
(1) a parole office; | ||
(2) premises at which the inmate is participating in a | ||
program or activity required as a condition of release; | ||
(3) a residential facility in which the inmate is | ||
required to reside as a condition of release; | ||
(4) a private residence in which the inmate is | ||
required to reside as a condition of release; or | ||
(5) any other premises, facility, or location that is: | ||
(A) designed to rehabilitate or reform the | ||
inmate; or | ||
(B) authorized by the division as a premises, | ||
facility, or location where it is reasonable and necessary for the | ||
inmate to be present and at which the inmate has legitimate | ||
business, including a church, synagogue, or other established place | ||
of religious worship, a workplace, a health care facility, or a | ||
location of a funeral. | ||
SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies to a | ||
person on parole or mandatory supervision on or after the effective | ||
date of this Act, regardless of whether the person was released on | ||
parole or to mandatory supervision before, on, or after that date. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
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