Tex. Gov't Code § 508.031 · Subchapter B. BOARD OF PARDONS AND PAROLES
COMPOSITION OF BOARD.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The board consists of seven members appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate.
(b) Appointments to the board must be made without regard to the race, color, disability, sex, religion, age, or national origin of the appointed members.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 12.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 554, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., 3rd C.S., ch. 3, Sec. 11.03, eff. Jan. 11, 2004.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.508.htm
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- sha256 e4f96a5c48c2300b0162937e7480ed252abdfdd0172de3a22ece5470ac38378b
- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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