By: Schaefer H.B. No. 3829
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to violations of parole or mandatory supervision.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 508.001, Government Code is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 508.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
(1) "Administrative Violation" means a technical
violation of parole or mandatory supervision which does not allege
criminal conduct.
(1) (2) "Board" means the Board of Pardons and
Paroles.
(2) (3) "Community supervision and corrections
department" means a department established under Chapter 76.
(3) (4) "Director" means the director of the pardons
and paroles division.
(4) (5) "Division" means the pardons and paroles
division.
(5) (6) "Mandatory supervision" means the release of
an eligible inmate sentenced to the institutional division so that
the inmate may serve the remainder of the inmate's sentence not on
parole but under the supervision of the pardons and paroles
division.
(6) (7) "Parole" means the discretionary and
conditional release of an eligible inmate sentenced to the
institutional division so that the inmate may serve the remainder
of the inmate's sentence under the supervision of the pardons and
paroles division.
(7) (8) "Parole officer" means a person appointed by
the director and assigned the duties of assessment of risks and
needs, investigation, case management, and supervision of
releasees to ensure that releasees are complying with the
conditions of parole or mandatory supervision.
(8) (9) "Parole commissioner" means a person employed
by the board to perform the duties described by Section 508.0441.
(9) (10) "Releasee" means a person released on parole
or to mandatory supervision.
(10) (11) "Presiding officer" means the presiding
officer of the Board of Pardons and Paroles.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2017.