TITLE: Relating to job interview restrictions for releasees from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

SUMMARY: Relating to job interview restrictions for releasees from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to job interview restrictions for releasees from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 508, Government Code, is amended by adding Section 508.1143 to read as follows: Sec. 508.1143. CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS ON RELEASEE JOB INTERVIEWS PROHIBITED. A parole officer may not limit the number of job interviews that a releasee may attend per day. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.