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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to monitoring the Internet access of certain high-risk sex |
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offenders who are released on parole or to mandatory supervision. |
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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 508.1862 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 508.1862. MONITORING OF COMPUTER USE FOR CERTAIN SEX |
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OFFENDERS. (a) This section applies only to a releasee to whom the |
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department assigns a risk level of "high" under Section 493.0151. |
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(b) A parole panel shall require as a condition of parole or |
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mandatory supervision that a releasee described by Subsection (a) |
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submit to the monitoring of each computer or other electronic |
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device regularly used by the releasee to access the Internet. |
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(c) The parole panel may modify at any time a condition |
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imposed under this section if the condition interferes with the |
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releasee's ability to attend school or become or remain employed |
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and consequently constitutes an undue hardship for the releasee. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to a person who is released on parole or to mandatory supervision on |
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or after the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |