Texas 2017 - 85th Regular

Texas House Bill HB3829 Compare Versions

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1		-	85R22799 MAW-D
2	1		By: Schaefer H.B. No. 3829
3		-	Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3829:
4		-	By: Schaefer C.S.H.B. No. 3829
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7	4		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	5		AN ACT
9		-	relating to an administrative violation of a condition of release
10		-	on parole or to mandatory supervision.
	6	+	relating to violations of parole or mandatory supervision.
11	7		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12		-	SECTION 1. Section 508.001, Government Code, is amended by
13		-	~~amending Subdivision (1) and adding Subdivision (1-a) to~~ read as
14		-	~~follows~~:
	8	+	SECTION 1. Section 508.001, Government Code is amended to
	9	+	read as follows:
	10	+	Sec. 508.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
15	11		(1) "Administrative Violation" means a technical
16		-	violation of a condition of release on parole or to mandatory
17		-	supervision that does not involve alleged criminal conduct.
18		-	(1-a) "Board" means the Board of Pardons and Paroles.
19		-	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
	12	+	violation of parole or mandatory supervision which does not allege
	13	+	criminal conduct.
	14	+	(1) (2) "Board" means the Board of Pardons and
	15	+	Paroles.
	16	+	(2) (3) "Community supervision and corrections
	17	+	department" means a department established under Chapter 76.
	18	+	(3) (4) "Director" means the director of the pardons
	19	+	and paroles division.
	20	+	(4) (5) "Division" means the pardons and paroles
	21	+	division.
	22	+	(5) (6) "Mandatory supervision" means the release of
	23	+	an eligible inmate sentenced to the institutional division so that
	24	+	the inmate may serve the remainder of the inmate's sentence not on
	25	+	parole but under the supervision of the pardons and paroles
	26	+	division.
	27	+	(6) (7) "Parole" means the discretionary and
	28	+	conditional release of an eligible inmate sentenced to the
	29	+	institutional division so that the inmate may serve the remainder
	30	+	of the inmate's sentence under the supervision of the pardons and
	31	+	paroles division.
	32	+	(7) (8) "Parole officer" means a person appointed by
	33	+	the director and assigned the duties of assessment of risks and
	34	+	needs, investigation, case management, and supervision of
	35	+	releasees to ensure that releasees are complying with the
	36	+	conditions of parole or mandatory supervision.
	37	+	(8) (9) "Parole commissioner" means a person employed
	38	+	by the board to perform the duties described by Section 508.0441.
	39	+	(9) (10) "Releasee" means a person released on parole
	40	+	or to mandatory supervision.
	41	+	(10) (11) "Presiding officer" means the presiding
	42	+	officer of the Board of Pardons and Paroles.
	43	+	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
	44	+	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
	45	+	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas constitution. If this
	46	+	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
	47	+	Act takes effect September 1, 2017.