Texas § 508.113 PAROLE OFFICERS, SUPERVISORS: QUALIFICATIONS.

Texas Statutes

§ 508.113 — PAROLE OFFICERS, SUPERVISORS: QUALIFICATIONS.

Texas § 508.113

Code GVGovernment Code

This text of Texas § 508.113 (PAROLE OFFICERS, SUPERVISORS: QUALIFICATIONS.) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Texas primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook

Tex. Government Code Code Ann. § 508.113 (2026).

Text

Sec. 508.113. PAROLE OFFICERS, SUPERVISORS: QUALIFICATIONS.

(a)This subsection and Subsection (b) apply only to a person employed as a parole officer or supervisor on or before September 1, 1990. A person may not be employed as a parole officer or supervisor, or be responsible for investigating or supervising a releasee, unless the person has:

(1)four years of successfully completed education in an accredited college or university;

(2)two years of full-time paid employment in responsible correctional work with adults or juveniles or in a related field; and

(3)any other qualifications that may be specified by the director.

(b)Additional experience in a category described by Subsection (a)(2) may be substituted year for year for the required college education, with a maximum substitutio

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

Sec. 508.113. PAROLE OFFICERS, SUPERVISORS: QUALIFICATIONS. (a) This subsection and Subsection (b) apply only to a person employed as a parole officer or supervisor on or before September 1, 1990. A person may not be employed as a parole officer or supervisor, or be responsible for investigating or supervising a releasee, unless the person has:
(1) four years of successfully completed education in an accredited college or university;
(2) two years of full-time paid employment in responsible correctional work with adults or juveniles or in a related field; and
(3) any other qualifications that may be specified by the director.
(b) Additional experience in a category described by Subsection (a)(2) may be substituted year for year for the required college education, with a maximum substitution of two years.
(c) The director shall establish qualifications for parole officers and supervisors that are the same as qualifications for community supervision and corrections department officers imposed by Section 76.005 . A person may not begin employment as a parole officer or supervisor after September 1, 1990, unless the person meets the qualifications established by the director.
(d) A person who is serving as a peace officer or as a prosecuting attorney may not act as a parole officer or be responsible for supervising a releasee.
(e) The division may establish a waiver procedure for when the director is unable to appoint persons meeting the qualifications established under Subsection (c).

Legislative History

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 12.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Amended by: Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1022 (S.B. 2405 ), Sec. 80, eff. September 1, 2025.