83R6479 PEP-D
 
  By: Bonnen of Brazoria H.B. No. 1337
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the frequency with which the Board of Pardons and
  Paroles considers the eligibility of certain inmates for release on
  parole.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 508.141(g), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (g)  The board shall adopt a policy establishing the date on
  which the board may reconsider for release an inmate who has
  previously been denied release. The policy must require the board
  to reconsider for release an inmate serving a sentence for an
  offense listed in Section 508.149(a) during a month designated by
  the parole panel that denied release. The designated month must
  begin after the first anniversary of the date of the denial and end
  before the fifth anniversary of the date of the denial, unless the
  inmate is serving a sentence for an offense under Section 22.021,
  Penal Code, or was sentenced to serve a term of imprisonment for
  life on conviction of a capital felony, in which event the
  designated month must begin after the first anniversary of the date
  of the denial and end before the 10th anniversary of the date of the
  denial. The policy must require the board to reconsider for release
  an inmate other than an inmate serving a sentence for an offense
  listed in Section 508.149(a) as soon as practicable after the first
  anniversary of the date of the denial.
         SECTION 2.  The Board of Pardons and Paroles shall adopt a
  policy consistent with Section 508.141(g), Government Code, as
  amended by this Act, as soon as practicable after the effective date
  of this Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.