78R1460 GWK-F


By:  Hodge                                                        H.B. No. 24 



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the restoration of good conduct time forfeited during a 
term of imprisonment.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 498.004(a), Government Code, as amended 
by Chapters 249 and 321, Acts of the 74th Legislature, Regular 
Session, 1995, is reenacted and amended to read as follows:
	(a)  If, during the actual term of imprisonment of an inmate 
in the institutional division or in a transfer facility, the inmate 
commits an offense or violates a rule of the division, the 
department may forfeit all or any part of the inmate's accrued good 
conduct time.  The department may [not] restore good conduct time 
forfeited under this subsection.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2003.