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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to awarding credit to an inmate for certain 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(c), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as 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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The [For a person who on the date of issuance of a warrant or summons
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initiating the revocation process is subject to a sentence the
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remaining portion of which is greater than 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 summons, the] remaining portion of the sentence is to be |
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served with [without] credit for the time from the date of the |
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person's release to the date of the violation that resulted in the |
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revocation. [For a person who on the date of issuance of the
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warrant or summons is subject to a sentence the remaining portion of
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which is less than the amount of time from the date of the person's
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release to the date of issuance of the warrant or summons, the
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remaining portion is to be served without credit for an amount of
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time equal to the remaining portion of the sentence on the date of
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issuance of the warrant or citation.] |
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SECTION 2. Section 508.283(b), Government Code, is |
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repealed. |
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SECTION 3. 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 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |