By Lewis of Tarrant H.B. No. 174
77R1782 GWK-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to requiring the Board of Pardons and Paroles and parole
1-3 panels of the Board of Pardons and Paroles to meet to perform
1-4 duties.
1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-6 SECTION 1. Sections 508.047(b) and (d), Government Code, are
1-7 amended to read as follows:
1-8 (b) The members of the board must [are not required to] meet
1-9 as a body to perform the members' duties in clemency matters.
1-10 (d) The members of a parole panel must [are not required to]
1-11 meet as a body to perform the members' duties[, except to conduct a
1-12 hearing under Section 508.281].
1-13 SECTION 2. Section 551.124, Government Code, is repealed.
1-14 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.