Tex. Gov't Code § 508.191 · Subchapter F. MANDATORY CONDITIONS OF PAROLE OR MANDATORY SUPERVISION
NO CONTACT WITH VICTIM.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) If a parole panel releases a defendant on parole or to mandatory supervision, the panel shall require as a condition of parole or mandatory supervision that the defendant not intentionally or knowingly communicate directly or indirectly with a victim of the offense or intentionally or knowingly go near a residence, school, place of employment, or business of a victim. At any time after the defendant is released on parole or to mandatory supervision, a victim of the offense may petition the panel for a modification of the conditions of the defendant's parole or mandatory supervision allowing the defendant contact with the victim subject to reasonable restrictions.
(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a defendant may participate in victim-offender mediation authorized by Section 508.324 on the request of the victim or a guardian of the victim or a close relative of a deceased victim.
(c) In this section, "victim" has the meaning assigned by Article 56A.001, Code of Criminal Procedure.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, Sec. 10.27, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by:
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 469 (H.B. 4173), Sec. 2.48, eff. January 1, 2021.
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