Bill Text: TX HB4754 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to a study on the number of active releasees on a parole officer's caseload.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-14 - Effective immediately [HB4754 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB4754-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 4754 | ||
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| relating to a study on the number of active releasees on a parole | ||
| officer's caseload. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. (a) In this section, "parole officer" and | ||
| "releasee" have the meanings assigned by Section 508.001, | ||
| Government Code. | ||
| (b) The Texas Department of Criminal Justice shall conduct a | ||
| study on: | ||
| (1) the average number of active releasees on a parole | ||
| officer's caseload; | ||
| (2) how the department factors the number of active | ||
| releasees on a parole officer's caseload in determining its | ||
| legislative appropriations request and budget; and | ||
| (3) whether the department is accurately assessing the | ||
| number of active releasees on a parole officer's caseload to ensure | ||
| that: | ||
| (A) the department receives an adequate amount of | ||
| funding to employ a sufficient number of parole officers; and | ||
| (B) a parole officer is not overburdened or | ||
| overworked based on the number of active releasees on the parole | ||
| officer's caseload. | ||
| (c) Not later than September 1, 2020, the Texas Department | ||
| of Criminal Justice shall prepare and submit to the legislature a | ||
| written report that summarizes the results of the study conducted | ||
| under this section. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act expires December 31, 2020. | ||
| SECTION 3. 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. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 4754 was passed by the House on May | ||
| 10, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 133, Nays 8, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 4754 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
