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H.B. No. 1670
1 candidate for release under the guidelines established by
2 Subsection (a)(1), the council shall present to a parole panel
3 described by this subsection relevant information concerning the
4 inmate and the inmate's potential for release under this section.
5 (f) An inmate who is not a citizen of the United States, as
6 defined by federal law, who is not under a sentence of death, and
7 who does not have a reportable conviction or adjudication under
8 Chapter 62, Code of Criminal Procedure, or an instant offense
9 described in Section 3g, Article 42.12, Code of Criminal Procedure,
10 may be released to immigration authorities pending deportation on a
11 date designated by a parole panel described by Subsection (e) if the
12 parole panel determines that on release the inmate would be
13 deported to another country and that the inmate does not constitute
14 a threat to public safety in the other country or this country and
15 is unlikely to reenter this country illegally.
16 SECTION 2. Section 2, Chapter 1435, Acts of the 77th
17 Legislature, Regular Session, 2001, is repealed.
18 SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies to an
19 inmate who on or after the effective date of this Act is serving a
20 sentence in the institutional division of the Texas Department of
21 Criminal Justice and who is described by Section 508.146(a)(1),
22 Government Code, or Section 508.146(f), Government Code, as added
23 by this Act, regardless of whether the sentence is for an offense
24 committed before, on, or after the effective date of this Act.
25 SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.
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