Texas 2017 - 85th Regular

Texas House Bill HB3697 Compare Versions

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1	1		85R25163 MAW-D
2	2		By: Farrar H.B. No. 3697
	3	+	Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3697:
	4	+	By: White C.S.H.B. No. 3697
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5	7		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	8		AN ACT
7	9		relating to notice provided by an applicant to house inmates
8	10		released on parole or to mandatory supervision.
9	11		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	12		SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 508, Government Code, is
11	13		amended by adding Section 508.158 to read as follows:
12	14		Sec. 508.158. ALTERNATIVE HOUSING PROGRAM. The department
13	15		shall require that an applicant to participate as a provider in a
14	16		program designed to provide alternative housing for five or more
15	17		unrelated releasees must provide notice by mail of the applicant's
16	18		request to participate in the program to each public school,
17	19		including an open-enrollment charter school, private school, or
18	20		day-care facility located within 1,000 feet of the proposed
19	21		alternative housing location. The department shall require the
20	22		applicant to submit with the application, in the manner specified
21	23		by the department, a list of each school or facility provided notice
22	24		under this section and an affidavit of the applicant stating that
23	25		the applicant has complied with this section.
24	26		SECTION 2. (a) Not later than December 1, 2017, the Texas
25	27		Department of Criminal Justice shall update application forms as
26	28		necessary to implement Section 508.158, Government Code, as added
27	29		by this Act.
28	30		(b) Section 508.158, Government Code, as added by this Act,
29	31		applies only to an application to participate in a program
30	32		described by that section that is submitted on or after January 1,
31	33		2018.
32	34		SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.