SRC-JBJ H.B. 1585 77(R)   BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research Center   H.B. 1585
77R6332 GWK-DBy: Gallego (Staples)
Criminal Justice
5/10/2001
Engrossed


DIGEST AND PURPOSE 

Currently, the Board of Pardons and Paroles has the authority to determine
the conditions of parole and mandatory supervision for most prisoners
incarcerated in the institutional division of the Texas Department of
Criminal Justice.  It also has the authority to establish the terms and
conditions for the revocation of parole, mandatory supervision, or
conditional pardon.  Under current law, the Government Code provides
sanctions for a person whose parole or mandatory supervision is revoked. A
person released on parole, mandatory supervision, or conditional pardon may
be required to serve the remaining portion of the sentence on which the
inmate was released without credit for the period the person was released,
but there is no distinction made between types of releasees.  H.B. 1585
establishes distinctions in sanctions for releasees whose parole, mandatory
supervision, or conditional pardon is revoked. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a
state officer, institution, or agency. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 508.283, Government Code, to provide that a
person, if the parole, mandatory supervision, or conditional pardon of a
person described by Section 508.149(a) is revoked, may be required to serve
the remaining portion of the sentence on which the person was released.
Provides that a person, if the parole, mandatory supervision, or
conditional pardon of a person other than a person described by Section
508.149(a) is revoked, may be required to serve the remaining portion of
the sentence on which the person was released.  Provides that for a person
who on the date of issuance of a warrant or summons initiating the
revocation process is subject to a sentence the remaining portion of which
is greater than the amount of time from the date of the person's release to
the date of issuance of the warrant or summons, the remaining portion is to
be served without credit for the time from the date of the person's release
to the date of revocation.  Provides that for a person who on the date of
issuance of the warrant or summons is subject to a sentence the remaining
portion of which is less than the amount of time from the date of the
person's release to the date of issuance of the warrant or summons, the
remaining portion is to be served without credit for an amount of time
equal to the remaining portion of the sentence on the date of issuance of
the warrant or citation. 

SECTION 2.  Effective date: September 1, 2001.
            Makes application of this Act prospective.