85R18918 JRR-D
	By: Leach	H.B. No. 618
	Substitute the following for H.B. No. 618:
	By:  Sanford	C.S.H.B. No. 618

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to certain notices and information about certain releasees
	from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice that are provided to
	or made accessible to criminal justice agencies and to notification
	of an executive clemency recommendation by the Board of Pardons and
	Paroles.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 508, Government Code, is
	amended by adding Section 508.0505 to read as follows:
	Sec. 508.0505.  NOTIFICATION OF EXECUTIVE CLEMENCY
	RECOMMENDATION. (a)  Not later than the 11th day after the date the
	board recommends that the governor grant executive clemency, the
	board shall notify the sheriff, each chief of police, the
	prosecuting attorneys, and the district judges in the county in
	which the individual was convicted that the governor is considering
	clemency.
	(b)  If the prosecution of a case was originated in a county
	other than the county in which the conviction occurred, the board
	shall also notify the officers listed in Subsection (a) who serve
	the originating county, subject to the same deadline imposed by
	Subsection (a).
	(c)  The notice under Subsection (a) or (b) must include:
	(1)  the individual's name, age, sex, and race;
	(2)  a photograph of the individual, if available;
	(3)  the county in which the individual was convicted;
	and
	(4)  the offense for which the individual was
	convicted.
	(d)  The notice under Subsection (a) or (b) must be provided
	by e-mail or other electronic communication.
	SECTION 2.  Sections 508.115(a) and (d), Government Code,
	are amended to read as follows:
	(a)  Not later than the 11th day before the date a parole
	panel orders the release on parole of an inmate [or not later than
	the 11th day after the date the board recommends that the governor
	grant executive clemency], the division shall give notice in
	accordance with Subsection (d) to [notify] the sheriffs, each chief
	of police, the prosecuting attorneys, and the district judges in
	the county in which the inmate was convicted and the county to which
	the inmate is released that a parole panel is considering release on
	parole [or the governor is considering clemency].
	(d)  The notice must include [state]:
	(1)  the inmate's name, age, sex, and race;
	(2)  a photograph of the inmate;
	(3)  if applicable:
	(A)  the address at which the inmate will reside;
	(B)  the name of the inmate's parole supervisor or
	the director of the halfway house to which the inmate is
	transferred, as appropriate; and
	(C)  the rules or conditions of the inmate's
	release;
	(4) [(2)]  the county in which the inmate was
	convicted; and
	(5) [(3)]  the offense for which the inmate was
	convicted.
	SECTION 3.  Subchapter D, Chapter 508, Government Code, is
	amended by adding Section 508.120 to read as follows:
	Sec. 508.120.  RELEASEE DATABASE. (a) In this section,
	"criminal justice agency" has the meaning assigned by Article
	60.01, Code of Criminal Procedure.
	(b)  The division shall establish and maintain a database for
	the purpose of providing real time information about releasees to
	criminal justice agencies.
	(c)  The database:
	(1)  must contain the following information about a
	releasee, to the extent that the information is available:
	(A)  a photograph;
	(B)  a physical description;
	(C)  gang affiliation;
	(D)  residential history;
	(E)  employment history; and
	(F)  the make, model, and license plate number of
	any vehicle operated by the releasee; and
	(2)  must be updated as soon as practicable after a
	parole officer learns of a change in any information described by
	Subdivision (1).
	(d)  In establishing a database under this section, the
	division may utilize an existing database that is maintained by the
	department, including the corrections tracking system established
	under Article 60.02, Code of Criminal Procedure.
	SECTION 4.  Subchapter H, Chapter 508, Government Code, is
	amended by adding Section 508.2511 to read as follows:
	Sec. 508.2511.  NOTICE OF WARRANT ISSUANCE. The department
	shall provide notice of a warrant issued under this subchapter to
	each law enforcement agency whose jurisdiction includes the
	residence of the releasee, according to the department's records.
	SECTION 5.  (a) Section 508.0505, Government Code, as added
	by this Act, applies only to a recommendation by the Board of
	Pardons and Paroles that the governor grant executive clemency that
	is made on or after January 1, 2018. A recommendation by the Board
	of Pardons and Paroles that the governor grant executive clemency
	that is made before January 1, 2018, is governed by Section 508.115,
	Government Code, as that law existed immediately before the
	effective date of this Act, and the former law is continued in
	effect for that purpose.
	(b)  Section 508.115, Government Code, as amended by this
	Act, applies only to the consideration by a parole panel of the
	release of an inmate or the transfer of an inmate to a halfway house
	that occurs on or after January 1, 2018.  The consideration by a
	parole panel of the release or transfer of an inmate that occurs
	before January 1, 2018, is governed by the law in effect immediately
	before the effective date of this Act, and the former law is
	continued in effect for that purpose.
	(c)  Section 508.2511, Government Code, as added by this Act,
	applies only to a warrant issued under Subchapter H, Chapter 508,
	Government Code, on or after January 1, 2018.
	SECTION 6.  Not later than January 1, 2018, the pardons and
	paroles division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shall
	establish the database required by Section 508.120, Government
	Code, as added by this Act.
	SECTION 7.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.