{"id":"AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-035","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles; State level","state":"TX","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD","eco":"","issuer":"Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles (David Gutierrez, Presiding Officer)","authority":"Tex. Gov\u0027t Code § 508.036","instrument":"Board of Pardons and Paroles Temporary Order of May 4, 2020","title":"Telework for selected employees; in-person unit interviews suspended (video or telephone); in-person office interviews of offender families and attorneys suspended; parole panel designations across offices; preliminary, revocation and premature-release hearings by teleconference or videoconference","dateIssued":"2020-05-04","effective":"2020-05-04","end":"Superseded by successive temporary orders (Feb. 22, 2021 order rescinded Mar. 10, 2021 upon Executive Order GA-34; Ex. 036)","startDate":"2020-05-04","endDate":"2021-02-22","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1"],"types":["TELE","CRT","GATH"],"addressees":["Board employees","Board Members and Parole Commissioners","offender families and attorneys","TDCJ prison units (interviews)"],"clause":"1. Telecommute/Telework - the Board shall implement telecommute/telework for selected employees who are currently assigned to offices throughout the state. 2. Unit Interviews - the Board shall temporarily suspend in-person interviews conducted by Board Members, Parole Commissioners and Institutional Parole Officers on the prison unit, except of capital cases. Video or telephone interviews will be conducted if capabilities are available. 3. Office Interviews - the Board shall temporarily suspend in-person interviews conducted by a Board Member or Parole Commissioner in the Board office for offender families and attorneys.... 5. Hearings - the Board shall authorize the Board\u0027s designees to conduct preliminary, revocation, premature release and sex offender condition hearings by teleconference or videoconference. The above procedures temporarily supersede any existing rule, policy, directive or procedure until further notice","enforcement":"Supersedes Board rules and procedures; Tex. Gov\u0027t Code § 508.036","functions":["OF Board offices converted to telework","CR attorneys\u0027 in-person interviews suspended","CB offender families","OP TDCJ unit access"],"notes":"A sector regulator\u0027s telework mandate and in-person-hearing suspension reaching the parole bar and the families\u0027 travel.","sourceUrl":"https://www.tdcj.texas.gov/bpp/covid-19/Temporary_Order_in_Response_to_Governor_Abbotts_Disaster_Declaration_2020-05-04.pdf","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20200907/https://www.tdcj.texas.gov/bpp/covid-19/Temporary_Order_in_Response_to_Governor_Abbotts_Disaster_Declaration_2020-05-04.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":401187,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD","url":"/library/AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-035","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-035","citation":"Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles (David Gutierrez, Presiding Officer), Board of Pardons and Paroles Temporary Order of May 4, 2020 (Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-035)","stateName":"Texas","related":[]}