85R25163 MAW-D     By: Farrar H.B. No. 3697     Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3697:     By:  White C.S.H.B. No. 3697       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to notice provided by an applicant to house inmates   released on parole or to mandatory supervision.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter E, Chapter 508, Government Code, is   amended by adding Section 508.158 to read as follows:          Sec. 508.158.  ALTERNATIVE HOUSING PROGRAM. The department   shall require that an applicant to participate as a provider in a   program designed to provide alternative housing for five or more   unrelated releasees must provide notice by mail of the applicant's   request to participate in the program to each public school,   including an open-enrollment charter school, private school, or   day-care facility located within 1,000 feet of the proposed   alternative housing location. The department shall require the   applicant to submit with the application, in the manner specified   by the department, a list of each school or facility provided notice   under this section and an affidavit of the applicant stating that   the applicant has complied with this section.           SECTION 2.  (a) Not later than December 1, 2017, the Texas   Department of Criminal Justice shall update application forms as   necessary to implement Section 508.158, Government Code, as added   by this Act.          (b)  Section 508.158, Government Code, as added by this Act,   applies only to an application to participate in a program   described by that section that is submitted on or after January 1,   2018.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.