1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to procedural requirements applicable to the release on
 1-3     parole of certain sex offenders.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Section 508.152, Government Code, is amended by
 1-6     adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:
 1-7           (f)  An attorney representing the state in the prosecution of
 1-8     an inmate serving a sentence for an offense described by Section
 1-9     508.187(a) shall provide written comments to the department on the
1-10     circumstances related to the commission of the offense and other
1-11     information determined by the attorney to be relevant to any
1-12     subsequent parole decisions regarding the inmate.
1-13           SECTION 2.  Section 508.187(b), Government Code, is amended
1-14     to read as follows:
1-15           (b)  A parole panel shall establish a child safety zone
1-16     applicable to a releasee if the panel determines that a child as
1-17     defined by Section 22.011(c), Penal Code, was the victim of the
1-18     offense, by requiring as a condition of parole or mandatory
1-19     supervision that the releasee:
1-20                 (1)  not:
1-21                       (A)  supervise or participate in any program that
1-22     includes as participants or recipients persons who are 17 years of
1-23     age or younger and that regularly provides athletic, civic, or
1-24     cultural activities;  or
 2-1                       (B)  go in, on, or within a distance specified by
 2-2     the panel of premises where children commonly gather, including a
 2-3     school, day-care facility, playground, public or private youth
 2-4     center, public swimming pool, or video arcade facility; and
 2-5                 (2)  attend for a period of time determined necessary
 2-6     by the panel psychological counseling sessions for sex offenders
 2-7     with an individual or organization that provides sex offender
 2-8     treatment or counseling as specified by the parole officer
 2-9     supervising the releasee after release.
2-10           SECTION 3.  Article 56.11(c), Code of Criminal Procedure, is
2-11     amended to read as follows:
2-12           (c)  This article applies to a person convicted of an offense
2-13     described by Section 508.187(a), Government Code, or an offense
2-14     involving  family violence, stalking, or violation of a protective
2-15     order or magistrate's order.
2-16           SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
         _______________________________     _______________________________
             President of the Senate              Speaker of the House
               I certify that H.B. No. 223 was passed by the House on April
         18, 2001, by a non-record vote; and that the House concurred in
         Senate amendments to H.B. No. 223 on May 24, 2001, by a non-record
         vote.
                                             _______________________________
                                                 Chief Clerk of the House
               I certify that H.B. No. 223 was passed by the Senate, with
         amendments, on May 17, 2001, by a viva-voce vote.
                                             _______________________________
                                                 Secretary of the Senate
         APPROVED:  __________________________
                              Date
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                            Governor