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78R180 GWK-D

By:  Lewis                                                        H.B. No. 2928



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the composition and operations of parole panels.                  
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 508.045(a), Government Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	(a)  Except as provided by Section 508.046, board members 
shall act in panels composed of five [three] persons each in matters 
of:
		(1)  release on parole;                                                       
		(2)  release to mandatory supervision;  and                                   
		(3)  revocation of parole or mandatory supervision.                           
	SECTION 2.  Section 508.141(c), Government Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	(c)  Before considering the release of [releasing] an inmate 
on parole, a parole panel shall [may have the inmate appear before 
the panel and] interview the inmate in person.The Texas Department 
of Criminal Justice shall make the inmate available to the panel in 
any manner determined to be appropriate by the panel.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003, and 
applies to any proceeding before a parole panel that commences on or 
after that date.