77R8011 GWK-D By Wise H.B. No. 223 Substitute the following for H.B. No. 223: By Haggerty C.S.H.B. No. 223 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 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.