By Gallego                                            H.B. No. 1585
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                                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.