78R6620 GWK-D
By: Talton H.B. No. 2727
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the time during which inmates may be considered for
release on parole.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 508.141, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (g) to read as follows:
(g) The policy board shall adopt a policy establishing the
date on which the board may reconsider for release an inmate
described by Section 508.149 who has previously been denied
release. The policy must require the board to reconsider the inmate
for release during a month designated by the parole panel that
denied release. The designated month must begin after the first
anniversary of the date of the denial and end before the fifth
anniversary of the date of the denial.
SECTION 2. The policy board of the Board of Pardons and
Paroles shall adopt the reconsideration policy required by Section
508.141(g), Government Code, as added by this Act, not later than
January 1, 2004.
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.