1-1     By:  Gallego, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Staples)       H.B. No. 1585
 1-2           (In the Senate - Received from the House May 9, 2001;
 1-3     May 10, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal
 1-4     Justice; May 11, 2001, reported favorably by the following vote:
 1-5     Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 11, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to the completion of a sentence in a felony after
 1-9     revocation of parole, mandatory supervision, or conditional pardon.
1-10           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11           SECTION 1. Section 508.283, Government Code, is amended to
1-12     read as follows:
1-13           Sec. 508.283.  SANCTIONS. (a)  After a parole panel or
1-14     designated agent of the board has held a hearing under Section
1-15     508.281, the board may, in any manner warranted by the evidence:
1-16                 (1)  recommend to the governor to continue, revoke, or
1-17     modify the conditional pardon; or
1-18                 (2)  continue, revoke, or modify the parole or
1-19     mandatory supervision.
1-20           (b)  If the [a person's] parole, mandatory supervision, or
1-21     conditional pardon of a person described by Section 508.149(a) is
1-22     revoked, the person may be required to serve the remaining portion
1-23     of the sentence on which the person was released.  The remaining
1-24     portion is computed without credit for the time from the date of
1-25     the person's release to the date of revocation.
1-26           (c)  If the parole, mandatory supervision, or conditional
1-27     pardon of a person other than a person described by Section
1-28     508.149(a) is revoked, the person may be required to serve the
1-29     remaining portion of the sentence on which the person was released.
1-30     For a person who on the date of issuance of a warrant or summons
1-31     initiating the revocation process is subject to a sentence the
1-32     remaining portion of which is greater than the amount of time from
1-33     the date of the person's release to the date of issuance of the
1-34     warrant or summons, the remaining portion is to be served without
1-35     credit for the time from the date of the person's release to the
1-36     date of revocation.  For a person who on the date of issuance of
1-37     the warrant or summons is subject to a sentence the remaining
1-38     portion of which is less than the amount of time from the date of
1-39     the person's release to the date of issuance of the warrant or
1-40     summons, the remaining portion is to be served without credit for
1-41     an amount of time equal to the remaining portion of the sentence on
1-42     the date of issuance of the warrant or citation.
1-43           (d)  If a warrant is issued charging a violation of a release
1-44     condition or a summons is issued for a hearing under Section
1-45     508.281, the sentence time credit may be suspended until a
1-46     determination is made in the case.  The suspended time credit may
1-47     be reinstated if the parole, mandatory supervision, or conditional
1-48     pardon is continued.
1-49           SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001, and
1-50     applies to any revocation that occurs on or after that date.
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