85R1576 MEW-F
By: RodrÃguez S.B. No. 1631
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the child safety zone applicable to a person released on
parole or to mandatory supervision.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 508.187, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:
(b-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (b)(1)(B), a requirement
that a releasee not go in, on, or within a distance specified by a
parole panel of certain premises does not apply to a releasee while
the releasee is traveling directly en route on a public or private
roadway between locations at which the releasee has legitimate
business.
SECTION 2. Section 508.225, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
(a-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (a)(2), a requirement that
an inmate not go in, on, or within a distance specified by a parole
panel of certain premises does not apply to an inmate while the
inmate is traveling directly en route on a public or private roadway
between locations at which the inmate has legitimate business.
SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies to a
person on parole or mandatory supervision on or after the effective
date of this Act, regardless of whether the person was released on
parole or to mandatory supervision before, on, or after that date.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.