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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 508.193 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 508.193. SEARCHES. A parole panel shall require as a |
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condition of parole or mandatory supervision that, at the request |
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of a parole officer and regardless of whether the officer has a |
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warrant authorizing the search, a releasee allow the requesting |
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officer to search the releasee's person, vehicle, or residence, |
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including the curtilage of the residence, for the purpose of |
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supervising the releasee's compliance with conditions of parole or |
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mandatory supervision that prohibit the releasee from possessing |
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certain specified materials, objects, or substances. |
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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, at the request of a supervision officer |
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and regardless of whether the officer has a warrant authorizing the |
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search, the defendant allow the requesting officer to search the |
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defendant's person, vehicle, or residence, including the curtilage |
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of the residence, for the purpose of supervising the defendant's |
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compliance with conditions of community supervision that prohibit |
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the defendant from possessing certain specified materials, |
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objects, or substances. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |