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.