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| 9 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 10 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 11 | 9 | | relating to the frequency with which the Board of Pardons and |
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| 12 | 10 | | Paroles reconsiders inmates for release on parole. |
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| 13 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 14 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Sections 508.141(g) and (g-1), Government Code, |
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| 15 | 13 | | are amended to read as follows: |
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| 16 | 14 | | (g) The board shall adopt a policy establishing the date on |
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| 17 | 15 | | which the board may reconsider for release an inmate who has |
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| 18 | 16 | | previously been denied release. The policy must require the board |
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| 19 | 17 | | to reconsider the inmate for release[: |
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| 20 | 18 | | [(1) an inmate serving a sentence for an offense |
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| 21 | 19 | | listed in Section 508.149(a) or for an offense punishable as a |
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| 22 | 20 | | felony of the second or third degree under Section 22.04, Penal |
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| 23 | 21 | | Code,] during a month designated under Subsection (g-1) by the |
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| 24 | 22 | | parole panel that denied release[; and |
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| 25 | 23 | | [(2) an inmate other than an inmate described by |
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| 26 | 24 | | Subdivision (1) as soon as practicable after the first anniversary |
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| 27 | 25 | | of the date of the denial]. |
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| 28 | 26 | | (g-1) The month designated for reconsideration [under |
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| 29 | 27 | | Subsection (g)(1) by the parole panel that denied release] must: |
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| 30 | 28 | | (1) except as provided by Subdivision (2), begin after |
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| 31 | 29 | | the first anniversary of the date of the denial and end before the |
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| 32 | 30 | | fifth anniversary of the date of the denial; or |
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| 33 | 31 | | (2) if[, unless] the inmate is serving a sentence for |
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| 34 | 32 | | an offense under Section 22.021, Penal Code, or a life sentence for |
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| 35 | 33 | | a capital felony, [in which event the designated month must] begin |
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| 36 | 34 | | after the first anniversary of the date of the denial and end before |
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| 37 | 35 | | the 10th anniversary of the date of the denial. |
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| 38 | | - | SECTION 2. (a) Section 508.141, Government Code, as |
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| 39 | | - | amended by this Act, applies to any inmate who is confined in a |
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| 40 | | - | facility operated by or under contract with the Texas Department of |
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| 41 | | - | Criminal Justice on or after the effective date of this Act, |
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| 42 | | - | regardless of whether the offense for which the inmate is confined |
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| 43 | | - | occurred before, on, or after the effective date of this Act. |
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| 44 | | - | (b) The Board of Pardons and Paroles shall adopt a policy |
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| 45 | | - | consistent with Section 508.141, Government Code, as amended by |
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| 46 | | - | this Act, as soon as practicable after the effective date of this |
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| 36 | + | SECTION 2. The Board of Pardons and Paroles shall adopt a |
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| 37 | + | policy consistent with Section 508.141, Government Code, as amended |
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| 38 | + | by this Act, as soon as practicable after the effective date of this |
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