85R1576 MEW-F
 
  By: Thompson of Harris H.B. No. 1111
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the child safety zone applicable to a person released on
  parole or to mandatory supervision.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 508.187, Government Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:
         (b-1)  Notwithstanding Subsection (b)(1)(B), a requirement
  that a releasee not go in, on, or within a distance specified by a
  parole panel of certain premises does not apply to a releasee while
  the releasee is traveling directly en route on a public or private
  roadway between locations at which the releasee has legitimate
  business.
         SECTION 2.  Section 508.225, Government Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
         (a-1)  Notwithstanding Subsection (a)(2), a requirement that
  an inmate not go in, on, or within a distance specified by a parole
  panel of certain premises does not apply to an inmate while the
  inmate is traveling directly en route on a public or private roadway
  between locations at which the inmate has legitimate business.
         SECTION 3.  The change in law made by this Act applies to a
  person on parole or mandatory supervision on or after the effective
  date of this Act, regardless of whether the person was released on
  parole or to mandatory supervision before, on, or after that date.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.