By Moncrief S.B. No. 638 76R5452 GWK-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the creation of the offense of violation of a condition 1-3 of community supervision, parole, or release on mandatory 1-4 supervision. 1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-6 SECTION 1. Chapter 38, Penal Code, is amended by adding 1-7 Section 38.112 to read as follows: 1-8 Sec. 38.112. VIOLATION BY SEX OFFENDER OF CONDITION OF 1-9 RELEASE. (a) A person commits an offense if the person: 1-10 (1) is required to register as a sex offender under 1-11 Chapter 62, Code of Criminal Procedure, as added by Chapter 668, 1-12 Acts of the 75th Legislature, Regular Session, 1997; 1-13 (2) is under the supervision of a community 1-14 supervision and corrections department or the pardons and paroles 1-15 division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice; and 1-16 (3) violates a condition of community supervision, 1-17 parole, or release on mandatory supervision that directly relates 1-18 to the person's status as a sex offender. 1-19 (b) An offense under this section is a felony of the third 1-20 degree. 1-21 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999. 1-22 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-23 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-24 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-1 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-2 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.