SRC-LBB S.B. 1593 78(R)   BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research Center   S.B. 1593
By: West,Royce
Criminal Justice
4/28/2003
As Filed


DIGEST AND PURPOSE 

Good conduct credit allows an inmate to positively impact his or her
chances of parole or release from incarceration.  As proposed, S.B. 1593
creates language that adds rehabilitative programs to other courses making
an inmate eligible to earn good conduct time.  This bill also removes
eligibility restrictions on inmates who otherwise would be ineligible for
participation in programming that has the goal of rehabilitation. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to
a state officer, institution, or agency. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 498.003, Government Code, by amending
Subsection (d) and adding Subsections (f) and (g), as follows: 

(d)  Includes an inmate's participation in a rehabilitative program as a
program through which an inmate may accrue good conduct time.  Requires
that an inmate who participates in a program described by this subsection
receive 45 days good conduct time on successful completion of the program. 

(f)  Provides that an inmate is not ineligible for participation in a
program described by Subsection (d) under certain circumstances. 

(g)  Provides that an inmate is ineligible for participation in a program
described by Subsection (d) if on more than one occasion participation in
the program was unsuccessful because of a disciplinary infraction
committed by the inmate. 

SECTION 2.  Effective date:  September 1, 2003.