By Gallego, Hinojosa, Haggerty, Menendez H.B. No. 1585
77R6332 GWK-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the completion of a sentence in a felony after
1-3 revocation of parole, mandatory supervision, or conditional pardon.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 508.283, Government Code, is amended to
1-6 read as follows:
1-7 Sec. 508.283. SANCTIONS. (a) After a parole panel or
1-8 designated agent of the board has held a hearing under Section
1-9 508.281, the board may, in any manner warranted by the evidence:
1-10 (1) recommend to the governor to continue, revoke, or
1-11 modify the conditional pardon; or
1-12 (2) continue, revoke, or modify the parole or
1-13 mandatory supervision.
1-14 (b) If the [a person's] parole, mandatory supervision, or
1-15 conditional pardon of a person described by Section 508.149(a) is
1-16 revoked, the person may be required to serve the remaining portion
1-17 of the sentence on which the person was released. The remaining
1-18 portion is computed without credit for the time from the date of
1-19 the person's release to the date of revocation.
1-20 (c) If the parole, mandatory supervision, or conditional
1-21 pardon of a person other than a person described by Section
1-22 508.149(a) is revoked, the person may be required to serve the
1-23 remaining portion of the sentence on which the person was released.
1-24 For a person who on the date of issuance of a warrant or summons
2-1 initiating the revocation process is subject to a sentence the
2-2 remaining portion of which is greater than the amount of time from
2-3 the date of the person's release to the date of issuance of the
2-4 warrant or summons, the remaining portion is to be served without
2-5 credit for the time from the date of the person's release to the
2-6 date of revocation. For a person who on the date of issuance of
2-7 the warrant or summons is subject to a sentence the remaining
2-8 portion of which is less than the amount of time from the date of
2-9 the person's release to the date of issuance of the warrant or
2-10 summons, the remaining portion is to be served without credit for
2-11 an amount of time equal to the remaining portion of the sentence on
2-12 the date of issuance of the warrant or citation.
2-13 (d) If a warrant is issued charging a violation of a release
2-14 condition or a summons is issued for a hearing under Section
2-15 508.281, the sentence time credit may be suspended until a
2-16 determination is made in the case. The suspended time credit may
2-17 be reinstated if the parole, mandatory supervision, or conditional
2-18 pardon is continued.
2-19 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001, and
2-20 applies to any revocation that occurs on or after that date.