| 1 | | - | By: Bonnen of Brazoria (Senate Sponsor - Hancock) H.B. No. 1914 |
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| 2 | | - | (In the Senate - Received from the House April 20, 2015; |
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| 3 | | - | May 6, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal |
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| 4 | | - | Justice; May 21, 2015, reported favorably by the following vote: |
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| 5 | | - | Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 21, 2015, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | | - | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 1 | + | H.B. No. 1914 |
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| 10 | 4 | | AN ACT |
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| 11 | 5 | | relating to the frequency with which the Board of Pardons and |
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| 12 | 6 | | Paroles considers the eligibility of certain inmates for release on |
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| 13 | 7 | | parole. |
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| 14 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 15 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Section 508.141(g-1), Government Code, is |
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| 16 | 10 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 17 | 11 | | (g-1) The month designated under Subsection (g)(1) by the |
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| 18 | 12 | | parole panel that denied release must begin after the first |
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| 19 | 13 | | anniversary of the date of the denial and end before the fifth |
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| 20 | 14 | | anniversary of the date of the denial, unless the inmate is serving |
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| 21 | 15 | | a sentence for an offense under Section 22.021, Penal Code, or a |
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| 22 | 16 | | life sentence for a capital felony, in which event the designated |
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| 23 | 17 | | month must begin after the first anniversary of the date of the |
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| 24 | 18 | | denial and end before the 10th anniversary of the date of the |
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| 25 | 19 | | denial. |
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| 26 | 20 | | SECTION 2. The Board of Pardons and Paroles shall adopt a |
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| 27 | 21 | | policy consistent with Section 508.141(g-1), Government Code, as |
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| 28 | 22 | | amended by this Act, as soon as practicable after the effective date |
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| 29 | 23 | | of this Act. |
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| 30 | 24 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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| 25 | + | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 26 | + | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 27 | + | I certify that H.B. No. 1914 was passed by the House on April |
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| 28 | + | 17, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 0, 2 present, not |
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| 29 | + | voting. |
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| 30 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 31 | + | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 32 | + | I certify that H.B. No. 1914 was passed by the Senate on May |
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| 33 | + | 26, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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| 34 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 35 | + | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 36 | + | APPROVED: _____________________ |
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| 37 | + | Date |
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| 38 | + | _____________________ |
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| 39 | + | Governor |
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