TITLE: Relating to the frequency with which certain parolees are required to report to their supervision officer.

SUMMARY: Relating to the frequency with which certain parolees are required to report to their supervision officer.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the frequency with which certain parolees are required to report to their supervision officer. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 508, Government Code, is amended by adding Section 508.1556 to read as follows: Sec. 508.1556. QUARTERLY REPORT STATUS FOR CERTAIN RELEASEES. (a) The division may place on quarterly report status a releasee who: (1) is serving a term of parole as the result of a conviction for an offense under Section 29.03, Penal Code, committed before September 1977; (2) has not been convicted of an offense committed after September 1977 that is an offense listed under Section 3g(a)(1), Article 42.12, Code of Criminal Procedure, or an offense under Section 20A.03 or 21.02, Penal Code; and (3) is determined by the division to have made a good faith effort to comply with any conditions of release imposed on the releasee. (b) A releasee placed on quarterly report status under this section may not be required to report in person to the releasee's supervising officer any more frequently than once in each 90-day period. (c) The division may require a releasee placed on quarterly report status under this section to resubmit to more intensive supervision at any time and for any reason. 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.