By: Madden H.B. No. 2289
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to discharging or releasing inmates from the Texas
Department of Criminal Justice at or near certain department
facilities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 493, Government Code, is amended by
adding Section 493.029 to read as follows:
Sec. 493.029. LOCAL AND REGIONAL RELEASE AND DISCHARGE
PROCEDURE. The department shall establish a procedure through
which an inmate being discharged from the department or being
released on parole or to mandatory supervision is discharged or
released, as applicable, from:
(1) the facility in which the inmate is serving the
inmate's sentence; or
(2) a facility designated as a regional release
facility under Subsection (b) that is 75 or fewer miles away from
the facility in which the inmate is serving the inmate's sentence.
SECTION 2. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice shall
establish and implement the local and regional discharge and
release procedure required by Section 493.029, Government Code, as
added by this Act, as soon as possible after September 1, 2009, and
in no event later than September 1, 2010.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.