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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to awarding credit to certain inmates for time between |
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release on and revocation of parole, mandatory supervision, or |
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conditional pardon. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 508.283, Government Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (c-1) to read as |
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follows: |
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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 Section |
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508.149(a) is revoked, the person may be required to serve the |
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remaining portion of the sentence on which the person was released. |
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Except as provided by Subsection (c-1), for [For] a person who on |
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the date of issuance of a warrant or summons initiating the |
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revocation process is subject to a sentence the remaining portion |
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of which is greater than the amount of time from the date of the |
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person's release to the date of issuance of the warrant or summons, |
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the remaining portion is to be served without credit for the time |
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from the date of the person's release to the date of revocation. |
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Except as provided by Subsection (c-1), for [For] a person who on |
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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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(c-1) If the parole, mandatory supervision, or conditional |
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pardon of a person other than a person described by Section |
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508.149(a) is revoked and the person is required to serve the |
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remaining portion of the sentence on which the person was released, |
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the remaining portion of the sentence is to be served with credit |
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for the time from the date of the person's release to the date of the |
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revocation if: |
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(1) the date of the issuance of the warrant or summons |
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is on or after the first anniversary of the date of the person's |
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release; and |
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(2) the person's parole, mandatory supervision, or |
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conditional pardon is revoked solely because the person committed |
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an administrative violation of a condition of release. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to the calculation of the remaining sentence for an inmate whose |
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release on parole, mandatory supervision, or conditional pardon is |
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revoked on or after the effective date of this Act. The calculation |
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of the remaining sentence for an inmate whose release on parole, |
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mandatory supervision, or conditional pardon is revoked before the |
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effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect |
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immediately before the effective date of this Act, and the former |
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law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |