Bill Text: TX HB785 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Engrossed


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

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-04-04 - Referred to Criminal Justice [HB785 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB785-Engrossed.html
  86R703 JG-D
 
  By: Shaheen, Thierry, Goldman, Miller, H.B. No. 785
      Hinojosa
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the execution of a warrant issued for certain
  individuals 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, 2019.
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