By: Whitmire S.B. No. 917
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 who has
previously been denied release. The policy must require the board
to reconsider for release an inmate described by Section 508.149 at
any time after the first anniversary of the date of the denial and
before the fifth anniversary of the date of the denial. The policy
must require the board to reconsider for release an inmate other
than an inmate described by Section 508.149 as soon as practicable
after the first 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
Subsection (g), Section 508.141, 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.