BILL ANALYSIS S.B. 43 By: Shapiro Criminal Justice 02-15-95 Committee Report (Unamended) BACKGROUND The current policy of the institutional division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice is to refuse temporary furloughs to inmates with a current or prior conviction for a sex or aggravated offense or an offense under Section 3g, Code of Criminal Procedure. PURPOSE As proposed, S.B. 43 eliminates the temporary furlough privileges of inmates serving sentences or convicted of offenses which are sexual in nature. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, institution, or agency. SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS SECTION 1. Amends Section 501.006, Government Code, by adding Subsection (j), as follows: (j) Prohibits the Texas Department of Criminal Justice institutional division from granting a furlough under Subsection (c) to an inmate serving a sentence for or previously convicted of an offense: (1) listed in Section 3g(a)(1), Article 42.12, Code of Criminal Procedure; (2) for which the court made an affirmative finding under Section 3g(a)(2) of that article; or (3) listed in Sections 22.011, 25.02, 43.25, 43.26, Penal Code. SECTION 2. Effective date: September 1, 1995. SECTION 3. Emergency clause.