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| 1 | 1 | By: Ellis S.B. No. 2276 | |
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| 4 | 4 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 5 | 5 | AN ACT | |
| 6 | 6 | Related to parole board rules regarding inmates claiming actual | |
| 7 | 7 | innocence. | |
| 8 | 8 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 9 | 9 | SECTION 1. Article 508.0441, Government Code, is amended to | |
| 10 | 10 | read as follows: | |
| 11 | 11 | (d) The parole board may not adopt any rule, policy or | |
| 12 | 12 | practice that penalizes or denies privileges to a prisoner for | |
| 13 | 13 | failing to take responsibility for the crime for which they were | |
| 14 | 14 | incarcerated or other offenses for which the prisoner has not been | |
| 15 | 15 | finally convicted if that prisoner maintained innocence at trial | |
| 16 | 16 | and throughout the post-conviction appellate process, including | |
| 17 | 17 | any post-conviction habeas writs. | |
| 18 | 18 | (e) The presiding officer may provide a written plan for the | |
| 19 | 19 | administrative review of actions taken by a parole panel by a review | |
| 20 | 20 | panel. | |
| 21 | 21 | (f) Board members and parole commissioners shall, at the | |
| 22 | 22 | direction of the presiding officer, file activity reports on duties | |
| 23 | 23 | performed under this chapter. | |
| 24 | 24 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |