By Gallego, Hinojosa, Haggerty H.B. No. 1583
77R5792 GWK-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the qualifications required for employment as a parole
1-3 officer or parole officer supervisor.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 508.113(c), Government Code, is amended to
1-6 read as follows:
1-7 (c) The director shall establish qualifications for parole
1-8 officers and supervisors [that are the same as qualifications for
1-9 community supervision and corrections department officers imposed
1-10 by Section 76.005]. A person may not begin employment as a parole
1-11 officer or supervisor after September 1, 1990, unless the person
1-12 meets the qualifications established by the director.
1-13 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-14 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-15 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
1-16 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-17 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.