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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to delaying parole eligibility for an individual convicted |
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of murder who evades arrest. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 508.145, Government Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (g) to read as follows: |
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(g) Notwithstanding Subsection (d), the earliest date on |
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which an inmate serving a sentence for an offense under Section |
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19.02, Penal Code, is eligible for parole is delayed by three years |
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from the date otherwise provided by Subsection (d) for every 12 |
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months that elapse between the date an arrest warrant is issued for |
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the inmate following an indictment for the offense and the date the |
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inmate is arrested for the offense. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies only to the parole eligibility |
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of an inmate serving a sentence for an offense under Section 19.02, |
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Penal Code, committed on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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The parole eligibility of an inmate serving a sentence for an |
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offense under Section 19.02, Penal Code, committed before the |
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effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect at the |
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time the offense was committed, and the former law is continued in |
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effect for that purpose. For purposes of this section, an offense |
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was committed before the effective date of this Act if any element |
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of the offense was committed before that date. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |