81R4133 HLT-F
 
  By: Lewis H.B. No. 2579
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to mandatory conditions of community supervision, parole,
  or mandatory supervision concerning certain searches.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter F, Chapter 508, Government Code, is
  amended by adding Section 508.193 to read as follows:
         Sec. 508.193.  SEARCHES. A parole panel shall require as a
  condition of parole or mandatory supervision that, at the request
  of a parole officer and regardless of whether the officer has a
  warrant authorizing the search, a releasee allow the requesting
  officer to search the releasee's person, vehicle, or residence,
  including the curtilage of the residence, for the purpose of
  supervising the releasee's compliance with conditions of parole or
  mandatory supervision that prohibit the releasee from possessing
  certain specified materials, objects, or substances.
         SECTION 2.  Section 11, Article 42.12, Code of Criminal
  Procedure, is amended by adding Subsection (j) to read as follows:
         (j)  If a judge grants community supervision to a defendant
  convicted of a felony, the judge shall require as a condition of
  community supervision that, at the request of a supervision officer
  and regardless of whether the officer has a warrant authorizing the
  search, the defendant allow the requesting officer to search the
  defendant's person, vehicle, or residence, including the curtilage
  of the residence, for the purpose of supervising the defendant's
  compliance with conditions of community supervision that prohibit
  the defendant from possessing certain specified materials,
  objects, or substances.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.