TITLE: Relating to a community supervision and corrections department policy regarding supervision officer meetings and visits.

SUMMARY: Relating to a community supervision and corrections department policy regarding supervision officer meetings and visits.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to a community supervision and corrections department policy regarding supervision officer meetings and visits. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Chapter 76, Government Code, is amended by adding Section 76.019 to read as follows: Sec. 76.019. POLICY REGARDING SUPERVISION OFFICER MEETINGS AND VISITS. A community supervision and corrections department shall adopt a policy regarding the scheduling of meetings or visits with a defendant placed on community supervision and supervised by the department. The policy must require the officer supervising the defendant to take into consideration the defendant's work, treatment, or community service schedule, as applicable, when scheduling any required meetings or visits. SECTION 2. Not later than January 1, 2020, each community supervision and corrections department shall adopt the policy required by Section 76.019, Government Code, as added by this Act. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.