HBA-JEK H.B. 1582 77(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 1582
By: Gallego
Corrections
3/4/2001
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

The primary role of the Board of Pardons and Paroles is to administer the
discretionary release of eligible inmates from the Institutional Division
of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to a plan of parole
supervision.  Current law requires the Board of Pardons and Paroles Policy
Board (policy board) to establish caseloads and duties for its board
members, but is unclear on whether the policy board has the authority to
establish required work hours.  House Bill 1582 clarifies the law by
authorizing the policy board to establish required work hours for its
members.    

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does
not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, department, agency, or institution. 

ANALYSIS

House Bill 1582 amends the Government Code to require the Board of Pardons
and Paroles Policy Board to establish required work hours for members of
the Board of Pardons and Paroles (board) within 30 days of the effective
date of this bill.  The bill requires members of the board to file activity
reports that include the hours worked by board members beginning with the
first activity report filed after the board requirement has been in effect
for one month. 

EFFECTIVE DATE

On passage, or if the Act does not receive the necessary vote, the Act
takes effect September 1, 2001.