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| 1 | 1 | 81R1280 KCR-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Riddle H.B. No. 717 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the eligibility of certain sex offenders for parole. | |
| 8 | 8 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 9 | 9 | SECTION 1. Section 508.046, Government Code, is amended to | |
| 10 | 10 | read as follows: | |
| 11 | 11 | Sec. 508.046. EXTRAORDINARY VOTE REQUIRED. To release on | |
| 12 | 12 | parole an inmate who was convicted of an offense under Section | |
| 13 | 13 | [21.02,] 21.11(a)(1)[,] or 22.021, Penal Code, and is not | |
| 14 | 14 | ineligible for release on parole or an inmate who is required under | |
| 15 | 15 | Section 508.145(c) to serve 35 calendar years before becoming | |
| 16 | 16 | eligible for release on parole, all members of the board must vote | |
| 17 | 17 | on the release on parole of the inmate, and at least two-thirds of | |
| 18 | 18 | the members must vote in favor of the release on parole. A member | |
| 19 | 19 | of the board may not vote on the release unless the member first | |
| 20 | 20 | receives a copy of a written report from the department on the | |
| 21 | 21 | probability that the inmate would commit an offense after being | |
| 22 | 22 | released on parole. | |
| 23 | 23 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 24 | 24 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 25 | 25 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 26 | 26 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 27 | 27 | Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |