SGN H.B. 1050 75(R)BILL ANALYSIS CORRECTIONS H.B. 1050 By: Gutierrez 3-5-97 Committee Report (Unamended) BACKGROUND Section 42.072 of the Penal Code provides that a person commits a Class A misdemeanor offense if the person, on more than one occasion and pursuant to the same scheme or course of conduct that is directed specifically at another person, knowingly engages in conduct, including following the other person, that the actor knows or reasonably believes the other person will regard as threatening. Provides that the offense is a third degree felony if the actor has previously been convicted under this section. PURPOSE If enacted, House Bill 1050 may require an inmate serving a sentence under Section 42.072, Penal Code, to attend psychological counseling sessions for a specific duration imposed by the parole panel as a condition of parole or release to mandatory supervision. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency or institution. SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS SECTION 1. Amends Subdivision (1), Subsection (o), Section 8, Article 42.18, Code of Criminal Procedure, by adding the attendance at psychological counseling sessions of a type and for a duration specified by the parole panel as a possible condition of parole or mandatory supervision for an inmate serving an offense of stalking. SECTION 2. Emergency clause.