TITLE: Relating to the transportation of an inmate after release on parole, mandatory supervision, or conditional pardon.

SUMMARY: Relating to the transportation of an inmate after release on parole, mandatory supervision, or conditional pardon.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the transportation of an inmate after release on parole, mandatory supervision, or conditional pardon. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 501.015(b), Government Code, is amended to read as follows: (b) When an inmate is released on parole, mandatory supervision, or conditional pardon, the inmate is entitled to receive $100 from the department and transportation at the expense of the department to the location at which the inmate is required to report to a parole officer by the pardons and paroles division. The inmate shall receive $50 on his release from the institution and $50 on initially reporting to a parole officer at the location at which the inmate is required to report to a parole officer. If an inmate is released and is not required by the pardons and paroles division to report to a parole officer or is authorized by the pardons and paroles division to report to a location outside this state, the department shall provide the inmate with $100 and, at the expense of the department, transportation to: (1) the location of the inmate's residence, if the residence is in this state; or (2) a transit point that is determined appropriate by the department and that is not within 1,000 feet of a public or private primary or secondary school,if the inmate's residence is outside this state or the inmate is required by the pardons and paroles division to report to a location outside this state. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.