1-1                                   AN ACT

 1-2     relating to conditions of parole or mandatory supervision for an

 1-3     inmate released after serving a sentence for the offense of

 1-4     stalking.

 1-5           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

 1-6           SECTION 1.   Subdivision (1), Subsection (o), Section 8,

 1-7     Article 42.18, Code of Criminal Procedure, as amended by Senate

 1-8     Bill No. 97, Acts of the 75th Legislature, 1997, is amended to read

 1-9     as follows:

1-10           (o)(1)  In addition to other conditions imposed by a parole

1-11     panel under this article, the parole panel may require as a

1-12     condition of parole or release to mandatory supervision that an

1-13     inmate serving a sentence for an offense under Section 42.072,

1-14     Penal Code:

1-15                       (A)  attend psychological counseling sessions of

1-16     a type and for a duration as specified by the parole panel, if the

1-17     parole panel determines in consultation with a local mental health

1-18     services provider that appropriate mental health services are

1-19     available through the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental

1-20     Retardation in accordance with Section 534.053, Health and Safety

1-21     Code, or through another mental health services provider; and

1-22                       (B)  [, may] not:

1-23                             (i) [(A)]  communicate directly or

1-24     indirectly with the victim; or

 2-1                             (ii) [(B)]  go to or near the residence,

 2-2     place of employment, or business of the victim or to or near a

 2-3     school, day-care facility, or similar facility where a dependent

 2-4     child of the victim is in attendance.

 2-5           SECTION 2.   The importance of this legislation and the

 2-6     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an

 2-7     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the

 2-8     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several

 2-9     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,

2-10     and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its

2-11     passage, and it is so enacted.

         _______________________________     _______________________________

             President of the Senate              Speaker of the House

               I certify that H.B. No. 1050 was passed by the House on March

         26, 1997, by the following vote:  Yeas 145, Nays 0, 1 present, not

         voting.

                                             _______________________________

                                                 Chief Clerk of the House

               I certify that H.B. No. 1050 was passed by the Senate on May

         8, 1997, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 0.

                                             _______________________________

                                                 Secretary of the Senate

         APPROVED:  _____________________

                            Date

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                          Governor