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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to cash payments provided to an inmate released on parole, |
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mandatory supervision, or conditional pardon from the Texas |
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Department of Criminal Justice. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 501.015(b), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(b) When an inmate is released on parole, mandatory |
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supervision, or conditional pardon, [the inmate is entitled to
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receive $100 from] the department shall provide the inmate with $50 |
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on the inmate's release from the facility and transportation at the |
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expense of the department to: |
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(1) the location at which the inmate is required to |
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report to a parole officer, if the inmate is required to report to a |
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parole officer; |
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(2) [by the pardons and paroles division. The inmate
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shall receive $50 on his release from the institution and $50 on
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initially reporting to a parole officer at the location at which the
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inmate is required to report to a parole officer. If an inmate is
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released and is not required by the pardons and paroles division to
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report to a parole officer or is authorized by the pardons and
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paroles division to report to a location outside this state, the
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department shall provide the inmate with $100 and, at the expense of
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the department, transportation to:
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[(1)] the location of the inmate's residence, if the |
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residence is in this state and the inmate is not required to report |
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to a parole officer; or |
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(3) [(2)] a transit point determined appropriate by |
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the department, if the inmate's residence is outside this state or |
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the inmate is required [by the pardons and paroles division] to |
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report to a location outside this state. |
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SECTION 2. Section 499.155(c), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(c) If an inmate is discharged or released on parole or |
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mandatory supervision from a transfer facility, the inmate is |
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entitled to receive release or discharge money from the department |
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[institutional division] in the same amount as an inmate is |
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entitled to receive on release or discharge from any other facility |
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of the department [institutional division] under Section 501.015. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |