Bill Text: TX HB461 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Bill 461 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to the execution of a warrant issued for certain releasees who violate a condition of release on parole or to mandatory supervision.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-05-17 - Referred to Criminal Justice [HB461 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HB461-Introduced.html

	87R166 JG-D

	By: Shaheen	H.B. No. 461



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the execution of a warrant issued for certain releasees
	who violate a condition of release on parole or to mandatory
	supervision.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Subchapter H, Chapter 508, Government Code, is
	amended by adding Section 508.2525 to read as follows:
	Sec. 508.2525. WARRANT FOR CERTAIN VIOLATIONS OF
	SUPER-INTENSIVE SUPERVISION PROGRAM. A law enforcement agency
	shall execute, as soon as practicable, a warrant that is directed to
	the agency and issued for the return of a releasee in the
	super-intensive supervision program based on a violation of a
	condition of parole or mandatory supervision related to the
	electronic monitoring of the releasee.
	SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
	to an arrest warrant that is issued on or after the effective date
	of this Act. An arrest warrant that was issued before the effective
	date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the
	warrant was issued, and the former law is continued in effect for
	that purpose.
	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.