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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 certain violent offenses 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 (d-1) to read as follows: |
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(d-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (d), for every 12 months |
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that elapse between the date an arrest warrant is issued for the |
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inmate following an indictment for the offense and the date the |
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inmate is arrested for the offense, the earliest date on which an |
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inmate is eligible for parole is delayed as follows: |
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(1) six years from the date otherwise provided by |
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Subsection (d), if the inmate is serving a sentence for an offense |
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under Section 22.011 or 22.021, Penal Code, that is committed |
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against a victim younger than 14 years of age; and |
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(2) three years from the date otherwise provided by |
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Subsection (d), if the inmate is serving a sentence for any other |
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offense under Section 22.011 or 22.021, Penal Code, or for an |
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offense under Section 19.02 of that code. |
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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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22.011, or 22.021, Penal Code, committed on or after the effective |
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date of this Act. The parole eligibility of an inmate serving a |
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sentence for an offense under Section 19.02, 22.011, or 22.021, |
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Penal Code, committed before the effective date of this Act is |
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governed by the law in effect at the time the offense was committed, |
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and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For |
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purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the |
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effective date of this Act if any element of the offense was |
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committed before that date. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |