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TX Govt Code § 508.255 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 4 - Executive Branch|Subtitle G - Corrections|Chapter 508 - Parole and Mandatory Supervision|Subchapter H. Warrants|Section 508.255. Status as Fugitive From Justice

Sec. 508.255.  STATUS AS FUGITIVE FROM JUSTICE.  (a)  After the issuance of a warrant, a person for whose return a warrant was issued is a fugitive from justice.(b)  The law relating to the right of the state to extradite a person and return a fugitive from justice and Article 42.11, Code of Criminal Procedure, relating to the waiver of all legal requirements to obtain extradition of a fugitive from justice from another state to this state, are not impaired by this chapter and remain in full force and effect.|Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 12.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Govt Code § 508.256 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 4 - Executive Branch|Subtitle G - Corrections|Chapter 508 - Parole and Mandatory Supervision|Subchapter H. Warrants|Section 508.256. Withdrawal of Warrant

Sec. 508.256.  WITHDRAWAL OF WARRANT.  At any time before setting a revocation hearing date under Section 508.282, the division may withdraw a warrant and continue supervision of a releasee.|Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 12.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Govt Code § 508.2811 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 4 - Executive Branch|Subtitle G - Corrections|Chapter 508 - Parole and Mandatory Supervision|Subchapter I. Hearings and Sanctions|Section 508.2811. Preliminary Hearing

Sec. 508.2811.  PRELIMINARY HEARING.  A parole panel or a designee of the board shall provide within a reasonable time to an inmate or person described by Section 508.281(a) a preliminary hearing to determine whether probable cause or reasonable grounds exist to believe that the inmate or person has committed an act that would constitute a violation of a condition of release, unless the inmate or person:(1)  waives the preliminary hearing;  or(2)  after release:(A)  has been charged only with an administrative violation of a condition of release;  or(B)  has been adjudicated guilty of or has pleaded guilty or nolo contendere to an offense committed after release, other than an offense punishable by fine only involving the operation of a motor vehicle, regardless of whether the court has deferred disposition of the case, imposed a sentence in the case, or placed the inmate or person on community supervision.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, Sec. 10.32, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Govt Code § 508.284 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 4 - Executive Branch|Subtitle G - Corrections|Chapter 508 - Parole and Mandatory Supervision|Subchapter I. Hearings and Sanctions|Section 508.284. Transfer Pending Revocation Hearing

Sec. 508.284.  TRANSFER PENDING REVOCATION HEARING.  The department, as provided by Section 508.282(c), may authorize a facility that is otherwise required to detain and house an inmate or person to transfer the inmate or person to a correctional facility operated by the department or under contract with the department if:(1)  the department determines that adequate space is available in the facility to which the inmate or person is to be transferred;  and(2)  the facility to which the inmate or person is to be transferred is located not more than 150 miles from the facility from which the inmate or person is to be transferred.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, Sec. 10.35, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Govt Code § 508.311 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 4 - Executive Branch|Subtitle G - Corrections|Chapter 508 - Parole and Mandatory Supervision|Subchapter J. Miscellaneous|Section 508.311. Duty to Provide Information

Sec. 508.311.  DUTY TO PROVIDE INFORMATION.  On request of a member of the board or employee of the board or department, a public official of the state, including a judge, district attorney, county attorney, or police officer, who has information relating to an inmate eligible for parole shall send to the department in writing the information in the official's possession or under the official's control.|Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 12.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Govt Code § 508.312 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 4 - Executive Branch|Subtitle G - Corrections|Chapter 508 - Parole and Mandatory Supervision|Subchapter J. Miscellaneous|Section 508.312. Information on Recidivism of Releasees

Sec. 508.312.  INFORMATION ON RECIDIVISM OF RELEASEES.  The Texas Board of Criminal Justice shall collect information on recidivism of releasees under the supervision of the division and shall use the information to evaluate operations.|Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 12.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Govt Code § 508.313 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 4 - Executive Branch|Subtitle G - Corrections|Chapter 508 - Parole and Mandatory Supervision|Subchapter J. Miscellaneous|Section 508.313. Confidential Information

Sec. 508.313.  CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.  (a)  All information obtained and maintained, including a victim protest letter or other correspondence, a victim impact statement, a list of inmates eligible for release on parole, and an arrest record of an inmate, is confidential and privileged if the information relates to:(1)  an inmate of the institutional division subject to release on parole, release to mandatory supervision, or executive clemency;(2)  a releasee;  or(3)  a person directly identified in any proposed plan of release for an inmate.(b)  Statistical and general information relating to the parole and mandatory supervision system, including the names of releasees and data recorded relating to parole and mandatory supervision services, is not confidential or privileged and must be made available for public inspection at any reasonable time.(c)  The department, on request or in the normal course of official business, shall provide information that is confidential and privileged under Subsection (a) to:(1)  the governor;(2)  a member of the board or a parole commissioner;(3)  the Criminal Justice Policy Council in performing duties of the council under Section 413.017;  or(4)  an eligible entity requesting information for a law enforcement, prosecutorial, correctional, clemency, or treatment purpose.(d)  In this section, "eligible entity" means:(1)  a government agency, including the office of a prosecuting attorney;(2)  an organization with which the department contracts or an organization to which the department provides a grant;  or(3)  an organization to which inmates are referred for services by the department.(e)  This section does not apply to information relating to a sex offender that is authorized for release under Chapter 62, Code of Criminal Procedure.(f)  This section does not apply to information that is subject to required public disclosure under Section 552.029.|Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 12.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.  Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, Sec. 10.36, eff. Sept. 1, 1999;  Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 783, Sec. 3, eff. Aug. 30, 1999;  Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 856, Sec. 8, eff. Sept. 1, 2001;  Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 6, Sec. 3, eff. April 10, 2003;  Acts 2003, 78th Leg., 3rd C.S., ch. 3, Sec. 11.21, eff. Jan. 11, 2004.|
TX Govt Code § 508.314 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 4 - Executive Branch|Subtitle G - Corrections|Chapter 508 - Parole and Mandatory Supervision|Subchapter J. Miscellaneous|Section 508.314. Access to Inmates

Sec. 508.314.  ACCESS TO INMATES.  The department shall:(1)  grant to a member or employee of the board access at all reasonable times to any inmate;(2)  provide for the member or employee or a representative of the member or employee facilities for communicating with or observing an inmate;  and(3)  furnish to the member or employee:(A)  any report the member or employee requires relating to the conduct or character of an inmate;  or(B)  other facts a parole panel considers pertinent in determining whether an inmate will be released on parole.|Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 12.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Govt Code § 508.315 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 4 - Executive Branch|Subtitle G - Corrections|Chapter 508 - Parole and Mandatory Supervision|Subchapter J. Miscellaneous|Section 508.315. Electronic Monitoring Programs

Sec. 508.315.  ELECTRONIC MONITORING PROGRAMS.  (a)  To establish and maintain an electronic monitoring program under this chapter, the department may:(1)  fund an electronic monitoring program in a parole office;(2)  develop standards for the operation of an electronic monitoring program in a parole office;  and(3)  fund the purchase, lease, or maintenance of electronic monitoring equipment.(b)  In determining whether electronic monitoring equipment should be leased or purchased, the department shall consider the rate at which technological change makes electronic monitoring equipment obsolete.|Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 12.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Govt Code § 508.316 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 4 - Executive Branch|Subtitle G - Corrections|Chapter 508 - Parole and Mandatory Supervision|Subchapter J. Miscellaneous|Section 508.316. Special Programs

Sec. 508.316.  SPECIAL PROGRAMS.  (a)  The department may contract for services for releasees if funds are appropriated to the department for the services, including services for releasees who have a history of:(1)  mental impairment or mental retardation;(2)  substance abuse;  or(3)  sexual offenses.(b)  The department shall seek funding for a contract under this section as a priority item.|Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 12.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Govt Code § 508.317 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 4 - Executive Branch|Subtitle G - Corrections|Chapter 508 - Parole and Mandatory Supervision|Subchapter J. Miscellaneous|Section 508.317. Intensive Supervision Program; Super-Intensive Supervision Program

Sec. 508.317.  INTENSIVE SUPERVISION PROGRAM;  SUPER-INTENSIVE SUPERVISION PROGRAM.  (a)  The department shall establish a program to provide intensive supervision to inmates released under Subchapter B, Chapter 499,  and other inmates determined by a parole panel or the department to require intensive supervision.(b)  The Texas Board of Criminal Justice shall adopt rules that establish standards for determining which inmates require intensive supervision.(c)  The program must provide the level of supervision the department provides that is higher than any level of supervision other than the level of supervision described by Subsection (d).(d)  The department shall establish a program to provide super-intensive supervision to inmates released on parole or mandatory supervision and determined by parole panels to require super-intensive supervision.  The program must provide the highest level of supervision provided by the department.|Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 12.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.  Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, Sec. 10.37, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Govt Code § 508.318 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 4 - Executive Branch|Subtitle G - Corrections|Chapter 508 - Parole and Mandatory Supervision|Subchapter J. Miscellaneous|Section 508.318. Continuing Education Program

Sec. 508.318.  CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAM.  (a)  The Texas Board of Criminal Justice and the Texas Education Agency shall adopt a memorandum of understanding that establishes the respective responsibilities of the board and the agency in implementing a continuing education program to increase the literacy of releasees.(b)  The Texas Board of Criminal Justice and the agency shall coordinate the development of the memorandum of understanding and each by rule shall adopt the memorandum.|Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 12.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Govt Code § 508.319 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 4 - Executive Branch|Subtitle G - Corrections|Chapter 508 - Parole and Mandatory Supervision|Subchapter J. Miscellaneous|Section 508.319. Program to Assess and Enhance Educational and Vocational Skills

Sec. 508.319.  PROGRAM TO ASSESS AND ENHANCE EDUCATIONAL AND VOCATIONAL SKILLS.  (a)  The department, with the assistance of public school districts, community and public junior colleges, public and private institutions of higher education, and other appropriate public and private entities, may establish a developmental program based on information obtained under Section 508.183 for an inmate to be released to the supervision of the division.(b)  The developmental program may provide the inmate with the educational and vocational training necessary to:(1)  meet the average skill level required under Section 508.183;  and(2)  acquire employment while in the custody of the division to lessen the likelihood that the inmate will return to the institutional division.(c)  To decrease state expense for a program established under this section, the Texas Workforce Commission shall provide to the department and the other entities described by Subsection (a) information relating to obtaining financial assistance under applicable programs of public or private entities.(d)  The department may establish a developmental program similar to the program described by Subsection (a) for inmates released from the institutional division who will not be supervised by the department.|Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 12.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Govt Code § 508.320 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 4 - Executive Branch|Subtitle G - Corrections|Chapter 508 - Parole and Mandatory Supervision|Subchapter J. Miscellaneous|Section 508.320. Contracts for Lease of Federal Facilities

Sec. 508.320.  CONTRACTS FOR LEASE OF FEDERAL FACILITIES.  (a)  The department may contract with the federal government for the lease of a military base or other federal facility that is not being used by the federal government.(b)  The department may use a facility leased under this section to house releasees in the custody of the division.(c)  The department may not enter into a contract under this section unless funds have been appropriated specifically to make payments on a contract under this section.(d)  The department shall attempt to enter into contracts that will provide the department with facilities located in various parts of the state.|Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 12.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Govt Code § 508.321 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 4 - Executive Branch|Subtitle G - Corrections|Chapter 508 - Parole and Mandatory Supervision|Subchapter J. Miscellaneous|Section 508.321. Reporting, Management, and Collection Services

Sec. 508.321.  REPORTING, MANAGEMENT, AND COLLECTION SERVICES.  The department, with the approval of the Texas Board of Criminal Justice, may contract with a public or private vendor to provide telephone reporting, automated caseload management, or collection services for:(1)  fines, fees, restitution, or other costs ordered to be paid by a court;  or(2)  fees collected by the division.|Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 12.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Govt Code § 508.322 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 4 - Executive Branch|Subtitle G - Corrections|Chapter 508 - Parole and Mandatory Supervision|Subchapter J. Miscellaneous|Section 508.322. Releasee Restitution Fund

Sec. 508.322.  RELEASEE RESTITUTION FUND.  (a)  The releasee restitution fund is a fund outside the treasury and consists of restitution payments made by releasees.  Money in the fund may be used only to pay restitution as required by a condition of parole or mandatory supervision to victims of criminal offenses.(b)  The comptroller is the trustee of the releasee restitution fund as provided by Section 404.073.(c)  When a parole panel orders the payment of restitution from a releasee as provided by Article 42.037(h), Code of Criminal Procedure, the department shall:(1)  collect the payment for disbursement to the victim;(2)  deposit the payment in the releasee restitution fund;  and(3)  transmit the payment to the victim as soon as practicable.(d)  If a victim who is entitled to restitution cannot be located, immediately after receiving a final payment in satisfaction of an order of restitution for the victim, the department shall attempt to notify the victim of that fact by certified mail, mailed to the last known address of the victim.  If a victim then makes a claim for payment, the department promptly shall remit the payment to the victim.(e)  If a victim who is entitled to restitution does not make a claim for payment before the fifth anniversary of the date the department receives the initial restitution payment or if, after the victim makes a claim for payment, the department is unable to locate the victim for a period of five years after the date the department last made a payment to the victim, any unclaimed restitution payments being held by the department for payment to the victim are presumed abandoned.  The department shall report and deliver to the comptroller all unclaimed restitution payments presumed abandoned under this section in the manner provided by Chapter 77, Property Code.(f)  If on March 1 a department is not holding unclaimed restitution payments that are presumed abandoned under this section, the department shall file a property report under Section 77.051, Property Code, that certifies that the department is not holding any unclaimed restitution payments that are presumed abandoned under this section.|Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 12.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.  Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 856, Sec. 9, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.Amended by: Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 351 (H.B. 1866), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2017.|
TX Govt Code § 508.323 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 4 - Executive Branch|Subtitle G - Corrections|Chapter 508 - Parole and Mandatory Supervision|Subchapter J. Miscellaneous|Section 508.323. Audit

Sec. 508.323.  AUDIT.  The financial transactions of the division and the board are subject to audit by the state auditor in accordance with Chapter 321.|Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 12.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Govt Code § 508.324 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 4 - Executive Branch|Subtitle G - Corrections|Chapter 508 - Parole and Mandatory Supervision|Subchapter J. Miscellaneous|Section 508.324. Victim-Offender Mediation

Sec. 508.324.  VICTIM-OFFENDER MEDIATION.  If the pardons and paroles division receives notice from the victim services office of the department that a victim of the defendant, or the victim's guardian or close relative, wishes to participate in victim-offender mediation with a person released on parole or to mandatory supervision, the division shall cooperate and assist the person if the person chooses to participate in the mediation program provided by the office.  The pardons and paroles division may not require the defendant to participate and may not reward the person for participation by modifying conditions of release or the person's level of supervision or by granting any other benefit to the person.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, Sec. 10.38, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Govt Code § 510.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 4 - Executive Branch|Subtitle G - Corrections|Chapter 510 - Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 510.001. Definitions

Sec. 510.001.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:(1)  "Commission" means the Interstate Commission for Adult Offender Supervision.(2)  "Compact" means the Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision.(3)  "State council" means the Texas State Council for Interstate Adult Offender Supervision.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 543, Sec. 1, eff. June 11, 2001.|
TX Govt Code § 510.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 4 - Executive Branch|Subtitle G - Corrections|Chapter 510 - Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 510.002. Applicability of Chapter 2110

Sec. 510.002.  APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER 2110.  Chapter 2110 applies to the state council, except for Sections 2110.002, 2110.003, and 2110.008.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 543, Sec. 1, eff. June 11, 2001.|
TX Govt Code § 510.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 4 - Executive Branch|Subtitle G - Corrections|Chapter 510 - Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 510.003. Administration

Sec. 510.003.  ADMINISTRATION.  The state council, the compact administrator, and the state's commissioner to the commission are administratively attached to the department.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 543, Sec. 1, eff. June 11, 2001.|
TX Govt Code § 510.011 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 4 - Executive Branch|Subtitle G - Corrections|Chapter 510 - Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision|Subchapter B. Texas State Council for Interstate Adult Offender Supervision|Section 510.011. Establishment

Sec. 510.011.  ESTABLISHMENT.  The Texas State Council for Interstate Adult Offender Supervision is established.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 543, Sec. 1, eff. June 11, 2001.|
TX Govt Code § 510.012 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 4 - Executive Branch|Subtitle G - Corrections|Chapter 510 - Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision|Subchapter B. Texas State Council for Interstate Adult Offender Supervision|Section 510.012. Composition; Terms

Sec. 510.012.  COMPOSITION;  TERMS.  (a)  The state council is composed of:(1)  the executive director or the executive director's designee;(2)  three members appointed by the governor, one of whom must be a representative of an organization representing the rights of victims of crime;(3)  one member appointed by the presiding judge of the court of criminal appeals;(4)  one member appointed by the lieutenant governor;  and(5)  one member appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives.(b)  Appointed members of the state council serve staggered terms of six years, with the terms of two members expiring February 1 of each odd-numbered year.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 543, Sec. 1, eff. June 11, 2001.|
TX Govt Code § 510.013 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 4 - Executive Branch|Subtitle G - Corrections|Chapter 510 - Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision|Subchapter B. Texas State Council for Interstate Adult Offender Supervision|Section 510.013. Duties of Executive Director, Executive Director's Designee

Sec. 510.013.  DUTIES OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S DESIGNEE.  (a)  The governor shall designate one member of the state council as the presiding officer of the state council, and the presiding officer serves in that capacity at the pleasure of the governor.(b)  The governor shall appoint the state's compact administrator and the state's commissioner to the commission, and may appoint one person as administrator and one person as commissioner or one person to be both administrator and commissioner.  The person or persons, as appropriate, serve at the pleasure of the governor.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 543, Sec. 1, eff. June 11, 2001.|
TX Govt Code § 510.014 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 4 - Executive Branch|Subtitle G - Corrections|Chapter 510 - Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision|Subchapter B. Texas State Council for Interstate Adult Offender Supervision|Section 510.014. Duties of Council

Sec. 510.014.  DUTIES OF COUNCIL.  The council shall advise the compact administrator and the state's commissioner to the commission on the state's participation in commission activities and the administration of the compact. |Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 543, Sec. 1, eff. June 11, 2001.|