| 1 | | - | H.B. No. 4754 |
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| 1 | + | By: Lopez, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Menéndez) H.B. No. 4754 |
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| 2 | + | (In the Senate - Received from the House May 13, 2019; |
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| 3 | + | May 14, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal |
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| 4 | + | Justice; May 17, 2019, reported favorably by the following vote: |
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| 5 | + | Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 17, 2019, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | + | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 4 | 10 | | AN ACT |
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| 5 | 11 | | relating to a study on the number of active releasees on a parole |
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| 6 | 12 | | officer's caseload. |
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| 7 | 13 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 8 | 14 | | SECTION 1. (a) In this section, "parole officer" and |
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| 9 | 15 | | "releasee" have the meanings assigned by Section 508.001, |
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| 10 | 16 | | Government Code. |
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| 11 | 17 | | (b) The Texas Department of Criminal Justice shall conduct a |
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| 12 | 18 | | study on: |
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| 13 | 19 | | (1) the average number of active releasees on a parole |
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| 14 | 20 | | officer's caseload; |
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| 15 | 21 | | (2) how the department factors the number of active |
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| 16 | 22 | | releasees on a parole officer's caseload in determining its |
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| 17 | 23 | | legislative appropriations request and budget; and |
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| 18 | 24 | | (3) whether the department is accurately assessing the |
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| 19 | 25 | | number of active releasees on a parole officer's caseload to ensure |
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| 20 | 26 | | that: |
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| 21 | 27 | | (A) the department receives an adequate amount of |
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| 22 | 28 | | funding to employ a sufficient number of parole officers; and |
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| 23 | 29 | | (B) a parole officer is not overburdened or |
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| 24 | 30 | | overworked based on the number of active releasees on the parole |
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| 25 | 31 | | officer's caseload. |
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| 26 | 32 | | (c) Not later than September 1, 2020, the Texas Department |
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| 27 | 33 | | of Criminal Justice shall prepare and submit to the legislature a |
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| 28 | 34 | | written report that summarizes the results of the study conducted |
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| 29 | 35 | | under this section. |
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| 30 | 36 | | SECTION 2. This Act expires December 31, 2020. |
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| 31 | 37 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 32 | 38 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 33 | 39 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 34 | 40 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 35 | 41 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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| 36 | | - | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 37 | | - | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 38 | | - | I certify that H.B. No. 4754 was passed by the House on May |
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| 39 | | - | 10, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 133, Nays 8, 2 present, not |
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| 40 | | - | voting. |
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| 41 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 42 | | - | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 43 | | - | I certify that H.B. No. 4754 was passed by the Senate on May |
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| 44 | | - | 22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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| 45 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 46 | | - | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 47 | | - | APPROVED: _____________________ |
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| 48 | | - | Date |
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| 49 | | - | _____________________ |
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| 50 | | - | Governor |
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| 42 | + | * * * * * |
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