Section 508.114 - Parole Officers, Supervisors: Additional Duties(a) The judge of a court having original jurisdiction of criminal actions may, with the approval of the director, designate a parole officer or supervisor as a community supervision and corrections department officer. The director must give prior written approval for the payment of a proportional part of the salary paid to the parole officer or supervisor in compensation for service as a community supervision and corrections department officer. The director shall periodically report to the governor and the legislature the proportional salary payments.(b) A parole officer or supervisor, on request of the governor or on order of the director, shall be responsible for supervising an inmate placed on conditional pardon or granted an emergency absence under escort.Tex. Gov't. Code § 508.114
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 12.01, eff. 9/1/1997.