37 Tex. Admin. Code § 143.32 - Reprieve for Family Emergency

(a) The Board will consider a written application for reprieve for a family emergency only in cases of critical illness or death of a member of the offender's immediate family.

(b) The immediate family includes only the parents, spouse, and children of the offender, and a person other than a parent who assumed the responsibilities and acted as the parent of the offender during his/her childhood.

(c) Prior to consideration of the application for reprieve for family emergency, the Board may require written:

(1) verification of the critical illness by the attending physician; or

(2) verification of the death and of the time and place of the funeral, by the mortician; and

(3) proof of the parent-child relationship if the request is for the illness or death of a person, not a parent, who acted as the offender's parent during his/her childhood.

(d) A Board recommendation for reprieve in the continuous custody of a peace officer is contingent upon a verified arrangement by the offender's family to secure and pay the expense of a peace officer to guard the offender.

Notes

37 Tex. Admin. Code § 143.32

The provisions of this §143.32 adopted to be effective January 1, 1976; amended to be effective September 13, 2012, 37 TexReg 7189; amended by Texas Register, Volume 40, Number 05, January 30, 2015, TexReg 441, eff. 2/5/2015; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 43, Number 18, May 4, 2018, TexReg 2796, eff. 5/9/2018