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House Bill 2289 |
House Author: Madden et al. |
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Effective: 9-1-09 |
Senate Sponsor: Whitmire |
House Bill 2289 amends the Government Code to require the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) to establish a procedure through which an inmate being discharged from TDCJ or being released on parole or to mandatory supervision is discharged or released from the facility in which the inmate is serving the inmate's sentence or from a facility designated as a regional release facility that is nearest to the facility in which the inmate is serving the inmate's sentence. The bill requires TDCJ to designate six or more facilities operated by TDCJ as regional release facilities from which an inmate may be discharged or released rather than being released from the facility in which the inmate is serving the inmate's sentence, but authorizes TDCJ to release the inmate from a regional release facility other than the one nearest to the facility in which the inmate is serving the inmate's sentence in certain circumstances. The bill requires TDCJ to establish and implement the discharge and release procedure as soon as possible after the effective date of the bill and not later than September 1, 2010.