Tex. Gov't Code § 508.032 · Subchapter B. BOARD OF PARDONS AND PAROLES
REQUIREMENTS FOR MEMBERSHIP.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Board members must be representative of the general public.
(b) A member must have resided in this state for the two years before appointment.
(c)(1) A person who is a former employee of the department may not serve on the board before the second anniversary of the date the person terminated employment with the department.
(2) A person who is employed by the department on August 1, 2003, may not serve on the board before August 1, 2005.
(d) At any time not more than three members of the board may be former employees of the department.
(e) For purposes of Subsections (c) and (d), previous service as a board member is not considered to be employment with the department.
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 2003, 78th Leg., 3rd C.S., ch. 3, Sec. 11.04, eff. Jan. 11, 2004.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.508.htm
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