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AN ACT
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relating to certain programs for inmates, including the abolition |
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of the state boot camp program and the use of programs by volunteer |
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and faith-based organizations. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 501.009, Government Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 501.009. VOLUNTEER AND FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS; |
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REPORT. (a) The department shall adopt a policy that requires |
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each warden to identify [actively encourage] volunteer and |
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faith-based organizations that [to] provide [the following] |
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programs for inmates housed in facilities operated by the |
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department. The policy must require each warden to actively |
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encourage volunteer and faith-based organizations to provide the |
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following programs for inmates in the warden's facility: |
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(1) literacy and education programs; |
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(2) life skills programs; |
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(3) job skills programs; |
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(4) parent-training programs; |
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(5) drug and alcohol rehabilitation programs; |
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(6) support group programs; |
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(7) arts and crafts programs; and |
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(8) other programs determined by the department to aid |
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inmates in the transition between confinement and society and to |
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reduce incidence of recidivism among inmates. |
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(b) The policy must require that each warden submit a report |
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to the board not later than December 31 of each year that includes, |
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for the preceding fiscal year, a summary of: |
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(1) the programs provided to inmates under this |
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section; and |
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(2) the actions taken by the warden to identify |
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volunteer and faith-based organizations willing to provide |
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programs to inmates and to encourage those organizations to provide |
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programs in the warden's facility. |
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SECTION 2. The following are repealed: |
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(1) Section 8, Article 42.12, Code of Criminal |
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Procedure; and |
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(2) Section 499.052, Government Code. |
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SECTION 3. (a) On and after the effective date of this Act: |
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(1) a judge may not recommend a person for placement in |
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the state boot camp program under Section 499.052, Government Code; |
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and |
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(2) a participant in the state boot camp program |
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remains a participant in the program only until the later of the |
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following dates: |
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(A) the date on which the convicting court |
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suspends further execution of the sentence and reassumes custody of |
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the person; or |
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(B) the date on which the Texas Department of |
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Criminal Justice transfers the person to another unit in the |
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department. |
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(b) Section 8, Article 42.12, Code of Criminal Procedure, |
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and Section 499.052, Government Code, repealed by this Act, are |
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continued in effect for the limited purpose of the orderly |
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abolition of the state boot camp program created by those |
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provisions. |
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SECTION 4. Not later than December 1, 2013, the Texas |
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Department of Criminal Justice shall adopt the policy, including a |
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schedule for implementing the policy, required by Section 501.009, |
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Government Code, as amended by this Act. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 345 passed the Senate on |
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March 27, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0; and that |
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the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 24, 2013, by the |
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following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 345 passed the House, with |
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amendment, on May 21, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 143, |
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Nays 2, two present not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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Approved: |
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Date |
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Governor |