| TO: | Honorable Terry Keel, Chair, House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence |
| FROM: | John S. O'Brien, Deputy Director, Legislative Budget Board |
| IN RE: | HB277 by Farrar (Relating to requiring as a condition of release on parole, mandatory supervision, or community supervision that sex offenders not reside in proximity with other sex offenders.), As Introduced |
This bill would amend Section 11, Article 42.12, Code of Criminal Procedure, to add subsection (j) which would require a judge granting community supervision to a defendant who is required to register as a sex offender under Chapter 62, to prohibit the defendent from residing in the same dwelling, mobile home park, apartment or other lodging as another person required to register as a sex offender without written permission of the community supervision and corrections department officer supervisng the defendant.
This bill would also amend Subchapter F, Chapter 508, Government Code, by adding Section 508.1861 to require a parole panel to require as a condition of parole or mandatory supervision that a releasee may not reside in the same dwelling, mobile home park, apartment or other lodging as another person the releasee knows is required to register as a sex offender under Chapter 62 of the Code of Criminal Procedure without written permission of the parole officer supervising the releasee.
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| LBB Staff: | JOB, VDS, LB, KJG
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