By:  Patterson                                         H.B. No. 664
       73R835 GWK-D
                                 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
    1-1                                AN ACT
    1-2  relating to conditions of probation, parole, and mandatory
    1-3  supervision imposed on individuals convicted of indecency with a
    1-4  child or sexual assault.
    1-5        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
    1-6        SECTION 1.  Section 14, Article 42.12, Code of Criminal
    1-7  Procedure, is amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
    1-8        (c)  If the court grants probation to a person convicted of a
    1-9  felony offense under Section 21.11, 22.011, or 22.021, Penal Code,
   1-10  the court shall require as a condition of probation that the
   1-11  defendant submit to sterilization, to be performed by a qualified
   1-12  physician designated by the court.
   1-13        SECTION 2.  Section 8, Article 42.18, Code of Criminal
   1-14  Procedure, is amended by adding Subsection (o) to read as follows:
   1-15        (o)  In addition to other conditions imposed by a parole
   1-16  panel under this article, the parole panel shall require as a
   1-17  condition of parole or release to mandatory supervision for a
   1-18  defendant serving a sentence for an offense under Section 21.11,
   1-19  22.011, or 22.021, Penal Code, that the defendant submit to
   1-20  sterilization, to be performed by a qualified physician designated
   1-21  by the panel.
   1-22        SECTION 3.  (a)  The change in law made by this Act applies
   1-23  only to a person sentenced for an offense committed on or after the
   1-24  effective date of this Act.  For purposes of this section, an
    2-1  offense is committed before the effective date of this Act if any
    2-2  element of the offense occurs before the effective date.
    2-3        (b)  A person sentenced for an offense committed before the
    2-4  effective date of this Act is covered by the law in effect when the
    2-5  offense was committed and the former law is continued in effect for
    2-6  this purpose.
    2-7        SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1993.
    2-8        SECTION 5.  The importance of this legislation and the
    2-9  crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
   2-10  emergency   and   an   imperative   public   necessity   that   the
   2-11  constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
   2-12  days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.