{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-508.042","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 508.042","heading":"TRAINING PROGRAM FOR MEMBERS AND PAROLE COMMISSIONERS.","body":"(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.\n(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.\n(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.\nAdded by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 12.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, Sec. 10.11, eff. Sept. 1, 1999; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 554, Sec. 6, eff. Sept. 1, 1999; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., 3rd C.S., ch. 3, Sec. 11.11, eff. Jan. 11, 2004.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 4. EXECUTIVE BRANCH","SUBTITLE G. CORRECTIONS","CHAPTER 508. PAROLE AND MANDATORY SUPERVISION","SUBCHAPTER B. BOARD OF PARDONS AND PAROLES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.508.htm#508.042","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"fbd94d8927730ae54ff7b1ca83b699a6b007bfea6df24699ac0f302f2b83baae","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-508.041","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-508.0421"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}