1-1     By:  Allen (Senate Sponsor - Armbrister)              H.B. No. 3504
 1-2           (In the Senate - Received from the House May 11, 2001;
 1-3     May 11, 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 sanctions imposed on certain persons following
 1-9     modification of parole or release on mandatory supervision.
1-10           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11           SECTION 1. Section 508.283, Government Code, is amended by
1-12     adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
1-13           (d)  If a person's parole or mandatory supervision is
1-14     modified after it is established that the person violated
1-15     conditions of release, the board may require the releasee to remain
1-16     under custodial supervision in a county jail for a period of not
1-17     less than 60 days or more than 180 days.  A sheriff is required to
1-18     accept an inmate sanctioned under this subsection only if the
1-19     commissioners court of the county in which the sheriff serves and
1-20     the Texas Department of Criminal Justice have entered into a
1-21     contract providing for the housing of persons sanctioned under this
1-22     subsection.
1-23           SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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