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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to mandatory conditions of community supervision, parole, |
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or mandatory supervision concerning certain searches. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 508, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 508.192 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 508.192. SEARCHES. A parole panel shall require as a |
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condition of parole or mandatory supervision that a releasee, at |
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the request of a parole officer or peace officer, permit the |
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requesting officer to search the releasee's person, vehicle, or |
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residence, including the curtilage of the residence, regardless of |
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whether the requesting officer has a warrant authorizing the |
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search. |
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SECTION 2. Section 11, Article 42.12, Code of Criminal |
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Procedure, is amended by adding Subsection (j) to read as follows: |
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(j) If a judge grants community supervision to a defendant |
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convicted of a felony, the judge shall require as a condition of |
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community supervision that the defendant, at the request of a |
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supervision officer or peace officer, permit the requesting officer |
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to search the defendant's person, vehicle, or residence, including |
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the curtilage of the residence, regardless of whether the |
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requesting officer has a warrant authorizing the search. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |