82R4557 KCR-D
By: Madden H.B. No. 1073
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to discharging or releasing inmates of the Texas
Department of Criminal Justice from regional release facilities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 493.029(b), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(b) The department shall designate six or more
facilities operated by the department as regional release
facilities from which an inmate being discharged from the
department or being released on parole or to mandatory supervision
may be discharged or released, as applicable, rather than being
released under Subsection (a)(1). [If the department determines
that discharging or releasing an inmate under Subsection (a) is not
in the best interest of the inmate or would threaten the safety of
the public, the department may release the inmate from a regional
release facility designated under this subsection other than the
facility described by Subsection (a)(2).]
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.