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AN ACT
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relating to establishing parole officer maximum caseloads. |
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�������BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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�������SECTION�1.��Subchapter D, Chapter 508, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 508.1142 to read as follows: |
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�������Sec.�508.1142.��PAROLE OFFICER MAXIMUM CASELOADS. (a) The |
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department shall adopt a policy that establishes guidelines for a |
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maximum caseload for each parole officer of: |
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�������������(1)��60 active releasees, if the releasees are not in a |
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specialized program described by Subdivisions (2)-(6); |
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�������������(2)��35 active releasees, if the releasees are in the |
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special needs offender program; |
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�������������(3)��35 active releasees, if the releasees are in the |
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therapeutic community substance abuse aftercare treatment program; |
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�������������(4)��24 active releasees, if the releasees are in the |
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sex offender program; |
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�������������(5)��20 active releasees, if the releasees are |
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electronically monitored; and |
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�������������(6)��11 active releasees, if the releasees are in the |
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super-intensive supervision program. |
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�������(b)��If the department is unable to meet the maximum caseload |
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guidelines, the department shall submit a report to the Legislative |
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Budget Board, at the end of each fiscal year in which the department |
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fails to meet the guidelines, stating the amount of money needed by |
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the department to meet the guidelines. |
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�������SECTION�2.��The Texas Department of Criminal Justice shall |
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adopt the policy establishing guidelines for maximum caseloads, as |
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required by Section 508.1142, Government Code, as added by this |
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Act, not later than September 1, 2007. |
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�������SECTION�3.��This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.��If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |
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______________________________ |
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���President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House����� |
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�������I certify that H.B. No. 3736 was passed by the House on May |
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11, 2007, by the following vote:��Yeas 133, Nays 2, 2 present, not |
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voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House��� |
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�������I certify that H.B. No. 3736 was passed by the Senate on May |
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23, 2007, by the following vote:��Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate���� |
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APPROVED:��_____________________ |
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�����������������Governor������� |