82R15805 MAW-F
By: Parker H.B. No. 200
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the notification of the release of certain inmates
given to certain courts and law enforcement agencies.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 493.025, Government Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 493.025. NOTIFICATION OF COURT OF RELEASE. On release
of an inmate who discharges the inmate's sentence or on release of
an inmate on parole or to mandatory supervision, the department
promptly shall notify the clerk of the court in which the inmate was
convicted of that fact. The notice must be provided by e-mail or
other electronic communication.
SECTION 2. Section 499.026(d), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(d) Not later than the 10th day before the date on which a
parole panel proposes to release an inmate under this subchapter,
the department shall give notice of the proposed release to the
sheriff, the attorney representing the state, and the district
judge of the county in which the defendant was convicted. If there
was a change of venue in the case, the department shall also notify
the sheriff, the attorney representing the state, and the district
judge of the county in which the prosecution was originated. Any
notice required by this subsection must be provided by e-mail or
other electronic communication.
SECTION 3. Section 499.051(a), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) On the release of an inmate determined by the department
to be a member of a security threat group, the department shall
notify the sheriff of the county to which the inmate is released
and, if the inmate is released to a municipality, the chief of
police for that municipality. The notice must state the date on
which the inmate was released and state that the inmate has been
determined by the department to be a member of a security threat
group. The notice must be provided by e-mail or other electronic
communication.
SECTION 4. Section 508.115, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
(e) The notice must be provided by e-mail or other
electronic communication.
SECTION 5. Section 508.181(g), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(g) The division shall, on the first working day of each
month, notify the sheriff of any county in which the total number of
sex offenders under the supervision and control of the division
residing in the county exceeds 10 percent of the total number of sex
offenders in the state under the supervision and control of the
division. The notice must be provided by e-mail or other electronic
communication. If the total number of sex offenders under the
supervision and control of the division residing in a county
exceeds 22 percent of the total number of sex offenders in the state
under the supervision and control of the division, a parole panel
may require a sex offender to reside in that county only as required
by Subsection (a) or for the reason stated in Subsection (b)(2)(B).
In this subsection, "sex offender" means a person who is released on
parole or to mandatory supervision after serving a sentence for an
offense described by Section 508.187(a).
SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.