Bill Text: TX HB2888 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to an inmate's completion of classes or programs before being released on parole.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-09 - Effective on 9/1/17 [HB2888 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB2888-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to an inmate's completion of classes or programs before being released on parole.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-09 - Effective on 9/1/17 [HB2888 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB2888-Introduced.html
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By: Romero, Jr. | H.B. No. 2888 |
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relating to an inmate's completion of classes or programs before | ||
being released on parole. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 508.152, Government Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (d-1) to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(c) The board shall conduct an initial review of an eligible | ||
inmate not later than the 180th day after the date of the inmate's | ||
admission to the institutional division. The board shall identify | ||
any classes or programs that the board intends to require the inmate | ||
to complete before releasing the inmate on parole. The department | ||
shall provide the inmate with a list of those classes or programs. | ||
(d-1) The department shall take reasonable measures to | ||
ensure that an inmate has the opportunity to complete any classes or | ||
programs identified by the board under Subsection (c) before the | ||
inmate's initial parole eligibility date computed under Section | ||
508.145. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |