| 2 | | - | (In the Senate - Filed March 9, 2017; March 22, 2017, read |
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| 3 | | - | first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice; |
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| 4 | | - | May 4, 2017, reported adversely, with favorable Committee |
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| 5 | | - | Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 4, 2017, sent |
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| 6 | | - | to printer.) |
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| 7 | | - | COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1631 By: Whitmire |
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| 9 | 4 | | |
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| 10 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 11 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 12 | 7 | | relating to the child safety zone applicable to a person released on |
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| 13 | 8 | | parole or to mandatory supervision. |
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| 14 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 15 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 508.187, Government Code, is amended by |
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| 16 | 11 | | adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows: |
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| 17 | 12 | | (b-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (b)(1)(B), a requirement |
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| 18 | 13 | | that a releasee not go in, on, or within a distance specified by a |
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| 19 | 14 | | parole panel of certain premises does not apply to a releasee while |
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| 20 | | - | the releasee is in or going immediately to or from: |
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| 21 | | - | (1) a parole office; |
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| 22 | | - | (2) premises at which the releasee is participating in |
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| 23 | | - | a program or activity required as a condition of release; |
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| 24 | | - | (3) a residential facility in which the releasee is |
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| 25 | | - | required to reside as a condition of release; |
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| 26 | | - | (4) a private residence in which the releasee is |
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| 27 | | - | required to reside as a condition of release; or |
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| 28 | | - | (5) any other premises, facility, or location that is: |
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| 29 | | - | (A) designed to rehabilitate or reform the |
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| 30 | | - | releasee; or |
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| 31 | | - | (B) authorized by the division as a premises, |
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| 32 | | - | facility, or location where it is reasonable and necessary for the |
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| 33 | | - | releasee to be present and at which the releasee has legitimate |
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| 34 | | - | business, including a church, synagogue, or other established place |
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| 35 | | - | of religious worship, a workplace, a health care facility, or a |
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| 36 | | - | location of a funeral. |
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| 15 | + | the releasee is traveling directly en route on a public or private |
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| 16 | + | roadway between locations at which the releasee has legitimate |
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| 17 | + | business. |
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| 42 | | - | inmate is in or going immediately to or from: |
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| 43 | | - | (1) a parole office; |
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| 44 | | - | (2) premises at which the inmate is participating in a |
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| 45 | | - | program or activity required as a condition of release; |
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| 46 | | - | (3) a residential facility in which the inmate is |
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| 47 | | - | required to reside as a condition of release; |
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| 48 | | - | (4) a private residence in which the inmate is |
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| 49 | | - | required to reside as a condition of release; or |
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| 50 | | - | (5) any other premises, facility, or location that is: |
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| 51 | | - | (A) designed to rehabilitate or reform the |
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| 52 | | - | inmate; or |
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| 53 | | - | (B) authorized by the division as a premises, |
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| 54 | | - | facility, or location where it is reasonable and necessary for the |
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| 55 | | - | inmate to be present and at which the inmate has legitimate |
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| 56 | | - | business, including a church, synagogue, or other established place |
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| 57 | | - | of religious worship, a workplace, a health care facility, or a |
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| 58 | | - | location of a funeral. |
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| 23 | + | inmate is traveling directly en route on a public or private roadway |
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| 24 | + | between locations at which the inmate has legitimate business. |
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