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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to changing the eligibility for release on parole of |
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certain inmates serving sentences for trafficking offenses |
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involving one or more child victims. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 508.145(a), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a) An inmate is not eligible for release on parole if the |
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inmate is under sentence of death, serving a sentence of life |
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imprisonment without parole, or serving a sentence for any of the |
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following offenses under the Penal Code: |
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(1) Section 20A.02(a)(5), (6), (7), or (8); |
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(2) Section 20A.03, if the offense is based partly or |
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wholly on conduct constituting an offense under Section |
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20A.02(a)(5), (6), (7), or (8); |
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(3) [serving a sentence for an offense under] Section |
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21.02; or |
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(4) [, Penal Code, or serving a sentence for an offense |
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under] Section 22.021, if the offense [Penal Code, that] is |
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punishable under Subsection (f) of that section [is not eligible |
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for release on parole]. |
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SECTION 2. Section 508.145(d)(1), Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(d)(1) This subsection applies only to an inmate who is |
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serving a sentence for: |
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(A) an offense described by Article 42A.054(a), |
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Code of Criminal Procedure, other than an offense under Section |
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19.03, Penal Code, or an offense under Chapter 20A, Penal Code, that |
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is described by Subsection (a)(1) or (2); |
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(B) an offense for which the judgment contains an |
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affirmative finding under Article 42A.054(c) or (d), Code of |
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Criminal Procedure; or |
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(C) [an offense under Section 20A.03, Penal Code; |
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or |
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[(D)] an offense under Section 71.02 or 71.023, |
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Penal Code. |
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SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is |
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governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, |
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and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For |
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purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the |
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effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred |
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before that date. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |