By Allen                                              H.B. No. 3504
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to sanctions imposed on certain persons following
 1-3     modification of parole or release on mandatory supervision.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Section 508.283, Government Code, is amended by
 1-6     adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
 1-7           (d)  If a person's parole or mandatory supervision is
 1-8     modified after a hearing at which it is established that the person
 1-9     violated conditions of release only by committing an administrative
1-10     violation or an offense punishable by fine only, the board may
1-11     require the defendant as a condition of the modification to submit
1-12     to confinement in a county jail for a period not to exceed 30 days,
1-13     or for a period not to exceed 90 days if the person has previously
1-14     violated conditions of release in the manner described by this
1-15     subsection.  A sheriff is required to accept an inmate sanctioned
1-16     under this subsection only if the commissioners court of the county
1-17     in which the sheriff serves and the Texas Department of Criminal
1-18     Justice have entered into a contract providing for the housing of
1-19     persons sanctioned under this subsection.
1-20           SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.