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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the release of a person on parole or mandatory |
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supervision from a residential correctional facility. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 508, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 508.158 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 508.158. REQUIRED TRANSPORTATION OF RELEASEE |
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FOLLOWING COMPLETION OF RESIDENCE IN RESIDENTIAL CORRECTIONAL |
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FACILITY. (a) If a releasee is required to reside in a residential |
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correctional facility, as defined by Section 508.157, as a |
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condition of release on parole or to mandatory supervision, on |
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completion of the releasee's required residence in the facility, |
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the department shall provide the releasee with transportation to: |
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(1) the location of the releasee's residence prior to |
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incarceration, if the residence is in this state; or |
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(2) a transit point determined appropriate by the |
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department, if the releasee's residence prior to incarceration is |
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outside this state and the releasee is authorized by the pardons and |
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paroles division to report to a location outside this state. |
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(b) For the purpose of providing reintegration services to |
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the releasee, the department shall make a payment in the amount of |
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$30,000 to a county for each releasee who completes a required |
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residence in a residential correctional facility in that county and |
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who is not provided with transportation by the department as |
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required by Subsection (a). |
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(c) The department shall issue payment under Subsection (b) |
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out of funds appropriated by the legislature to the department for |
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use in administering the parole system. |
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(d) The board shall adopt rules to implement this section. |
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SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date |
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of this Act, the Texas Board of Criminal Justice shall adopt the |
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rules required by Section 508.158, Government Code, as added by |
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this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |