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| 1 | 1 | 85R505 MAW-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Taylor of Collin S.B. No. 1612 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the solicitation of pen pals by certain inmates of the | |
| 8 | 8 | Texas Department of Criminal Justice. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Chapter 500, Government Code, is amended by | |
| 11 | 11 | adding Section 500.009 to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 500.009. PEN PAL SOLICITATION PROHIBITED. (a) This | |
| 13 | 13 | section applies only to an inmate confined in a facility operated by | |
| 14 | 14 | or under contract with the department who is serving a sentence for | |
| 15 | 15 | an offense for which registration as a sex offender is required | |
| 16 | 16 | under Chapter 62, Code of Criminal Procedure. | |
| 17 | 17 | (b) The department shall adopt a policy that prohibits an | |
| 18 | 18 | inmate described by Subsection (a) from placing an advertisement | |
| 19 | 19 | soliciting a pen pal on an Internet website operated for that | |
| 20 | 20 | purpose, regardless of whether another person submits or pays for | |
| 21 | 21 | the advertisement for the inmate. | |
| 22 | 22 | SECTION 2. Not later than December 1, 2017, the Texas | |
| 23 | 23 | Department of Criminal Justice shall adopt the policy required by | |
| 24 | 24 | Section 500.009, Government Code, as added by this Act. | |
| 25 | 25 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |