A parole panel must require a releasee to pay monthly parole supervision and administrative fees, and the releasee can ask to defer payments.
Sec. 508.182. PAROLE SUPERVISION FEE; ADMINISTRATIVE FEE. (a) A parole panel shall require as a condition of parole or mandatory supervision that a releasee pay to the division for each month during which the releasee is under parole supervision: (1) a parole supervision fee of $10; and (2) an administrative fee of $8. (b) A fee under this section applies to an inmate released in another state who is required as a condition of the inmate's release to report to a parole officer or supervisor in this state for parole supervision. (c) On the request of the releasee, a parole panel may allow the releasee to defer one or more payments under this section. The releasee remains responsible for payment of the fee and shall pay the amount of the deferred payment not later than the second anniversary of the date the payment becomes due. (d) The Texas Board of Criminal Justice shall adopt rules relating to the method of payment required of the releasee. (e) The division shall remit fees collected under this section to the comptroller. The comptroller shall deposit the fees collected under: (1) Subsection (a)(1) in the general revenue fund; and (2) Subsection (a)(2) in the compensation to victims of crime fund. (f) In a parole or mandatory supervision revocation hearing under Section 508.281 at which it is alleged only that the releasee failed to make a payment under this section, it is an affirmative defense to revocation that the releasee is unable to pay the amount as ordered by a parole panel. The releasee must prove the affirmative defense by a preponderance of the evidence. Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 12.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.