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78R1660 EMT-D

By:  Whitmire                                                     S.B. No. 918



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the issuance of a summons for an appearance related to 
certain violations of parole.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 508.251, Government Code, is amended by 
amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (c-1) to read as 
follows:
	(c)  Instead of the issuance of a warrant under this section, 
the division:
		(1)  shall issue to the person a summons requiring the 
person to appear for a hearing under Section 508.281 if the person 
is arrested only on a charge of having committed an administrative 
violation of a condition of release; and
		(2)  may issue to a person, other than a person to whom 
a summons is required to be issued under Subdivision (1), [the 
person] a summons requiring the person to appear for a hearing under 
Section 508.281.  [The summons must state the time, date, place, and 
purpose of the hearing.]
	(c-1)  A summons issued under Subsection (c) must state the 
time, date, place, and purpose of the hearing.
	SECTION 2.  (a)  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.                      
	(b)  The change in law made by this Act applies only to a 
person released on parole, mandatory supervision, or conditional 
pardon who, on or after the effective date of this Act, is accused 
of a violation of a condition of the person's release.  A person 
charged with an alleged violation occurring before the effective 
date of this Act is covered by the law in effect when the alleged 
violation occurred, and the former law is continued in effect for 
that purpose.