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                                                                  H.B. No. 301




AN ACT

relating to the eligibility of certain persons to represent a 
person before the Board of Pardons and Paroles or a parole panel.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.   Sections 508.083(b) and (c), Government Code, 
are amended to read as follows:
	(b)  A person serving as a member or employee of the board or 
the Texas Board of Criminal Justice may not, before the second
[10th] anniversary of the date the person ceases to be a board 
member or employee:
		(1)  represent any person in a matter before the board 
or a parole panel; or
		(2)  receive compensation for services rendered on 
behalf of any person regarding a matter pending before the board or 
a parole panel.
	(c)  A person, other than a person subject to Subsection (b), 
who is employed by the department may not, before the second [10th] 
anniversary of the date the person terminates service with the 
department:
		(1)  represent an inmate in a matter before the board or 
a parole panel; or 
		(2)  receive compensation for services rendered on 
behalf of any person regarding a matter pending before the board or 
a parole panel.
	SECTION 2.   Section 508.083(d), Government Code, is 
repealed.               
	SECTION 3.   This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2003.




______________________________              ______________________________
 
   President of the Senate                               Speaker of the House      

	I certify that H.B. No. 301 was passed by the House on April 
1, 2003, by a non-record vote.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Chief Clerk of the House   

	I certify that H.B. No. 301 was passed by the Senate on May 
28, 2003, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Secretary of the Senate    



APPROVED:  _____________________                                            
 
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                 Governor