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.