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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the computation of the portion of a person's sentence |
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remaining after the revocation of the person's parole, mandatory |
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supervision, or conditional pardon. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 508.283(b), (c), and (d), Government |
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Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(b) If the parole, mandatory supervision, or conditional |
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pardon of a person charged only with an administrative violation of |
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a condition of release [described by Section 508.149(a)] is |
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revoked, the person may be required to serve the remaining portion |
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of the sentence on which the person was released. The remaining |
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portion is computed: |
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(1) with [without] credit for the amount of time from |
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the date of the person's release to the date of issuance of the |
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warrant or citation; and |
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(2) without credit for the amount of time from the date |
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of issuance of the warrant or citation to the date of revocation. |
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(c) If the parole, mandatory supervision, or conditional |
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pardon of a person other than a person described by Subsection (b) |
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[Section 508.149(a)] is revoked, the person may be required to |
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serve the remaining portion of the sentence on which the person was |
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released. The [For a person who on the date of issuance of a warrant
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or summons initiating the revocation process is subject to a
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sentence the remaining portion of which is greater than the amount
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of time from the date of the person's release to the date of
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issuance of the warrant or summons, the] remaining portion is |
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computed [to be served] without credit for the time from the date of |
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the person's release to the date of revocation. [For a person who
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on the date of issuance of the warrant or summons is subject to a
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sentence the remaining portion of which is less than the amount of
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time from the date of the person's release to the date of issuance
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of the warrant or summons, the remaining portion is to be served
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without credit for an amount of time equal to the remaining portion
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of the sentence on the date of issuance of the warrant or citation]. |
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(d) If a warrant is issued charging a violation of a release |
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condition or a summons is issued for a hearing under Section |
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508.281, the sentence time credit may be suspended until a |
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determination is made in the case. The suspended time credit shall |
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[may] be reinstated if the parole, mandatory supervision, or |
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conditional pardon is continued. |
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SECTION 2. Section 508.283, Government Code, as amended by |
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this Act, applies to the calculation of the remaining sentence for |
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an inmate whose parole, mandatory supervision, or conditional |
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pardon is revoked on or after September 1, 2009, regardless of when |
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the person was released on parole, to mandatory supervision, or on |
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conditional pardon. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |