Enrolled Bill Summary

House Bill 1681	House Author:  McCall
Effective:  9-1-05	Senate Sponsor:  Seliger

            House Bill 1681 amends the Government Code to specify that, although a penal institution may not hold an inmate past the inmate's statutory release date, the institution may use disciplinary action resulting in the loss of good conduct time if an inmate refuses to provide a blood sample or other specimen for the state DNA database. The bill defines "statutory release date" as the date on which an inmate is discharged from the inmate's controlling sentence.