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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a warden or certain facility employees providing |
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information or a recommendation to a parole panel regarding an |
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inmate eligible for parole. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 508, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 508.1451 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 508.1451. INFORMATION REGARDING PAROLE-ELIGIBLE |
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INMATE. The board shall develop and implement a policy to allow a |
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warden or other senior employee of a facility operated by or under |
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contract with the department to provide to the parole panel |
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considering an inmate's release on parole information regarding the |
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inmate's behavior and general progress while imprisoned in that |
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facility. The policy must allow the warden or employee to recommend |
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to the parole panel that the inmate be released on parole. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |