Tex. Gov't Code § 508.042

Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 508.042 - Training Program for Members and Parole Commissioners
(a) The board shall develop for board members and parole commissioners a comprehensive training and education program on the criminal justice system, with special emphasis on the parole process.
(b)
(1) A new member may not participate in a vote of the board or a panel, deliberate, or be counted as a member in attendance at a meeting of the board until the member completes the program.
(2) A new parole commissioner may not participate in a vote of a panel until the commissioner completes the program. This subdivision does not apply to a new parole commissioner who as a board member completed the program.

Tex. Gov't. Code § 508.042

Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, Sec. 10.11, eff. 9/1/1999; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 554, Sec. 6, eff. 9/1/1999; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., 3rd C.S., ch. 3, Sec. 11.11, eff. 1/11/2004.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 12.01, eff. 9/1/1997.