83R2806 JSC-F
 
  By: Pitts H.B. No. 517
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the eligibility of inmates convicted of certain
  intoxication offenses for release on parole or mandatory
  supervision.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 508.145(d)(1), Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (d)(1)  An inmate serving a sentence for an offense described
  by Section 3g(a)(1)(A), (C), (D), (E), (F), (G), (H), (I), (J), or
  (K), Article 42.12, Code of Criminal Procedure, or for an offense
  for which the judgment contains an affirmative finding under
  Section 3g(a)(2) of that article, or for an offense under Section
  20A.03, Penal Code, or for an offense punished under Section
  49.09(b), Penal Code, is not eligible for release on parole until
  the inmate's actual calendar time served, without consideration of
  good conduct time, equals one-half of the sentence or 30 calendar
  years, whichever is less, but in no event is the inmate eligible for
  release on parole in less than two calendar years.
         SECTION 2.  Section 508.149(a), Government Code, as amended
  by Chapters 1 (S.B. 24) and 122 (H.B. 3000), Acts of the 82nd
  Legislature, Regular Session, 2011, is reenacted and amended to
  read as follows:
         (a)  An inmate may not be released to mandatory supervision
  if the inmate is serving a sentence for or has been previously
  convicted of:
               (1)  an offense for which the judgment contains an
  affirmative finding under Section 3g(a)(2), Article 42.12, Code of
  Criminal Procedure;
               (2)  a first degree felony or a second degree felony
  under Section 19.02, Penal Code;
               (3)  a capital felony under Section 19.03, Penal Code;
               (4)  a first degree felony or a second degree felony
  under Section 20.04, Penal Code;
               (5)  an offense under Section 21.11, Penal Code;
               (6)  a felony under Section 22.011, Penal Code;
               (7)  a first degree felony or a second degree felony
  under Section 22.02, Penal Code;
               (8)  a first degree felony under Section 22.021, Penal
  Code;
               (9)  a first degree felony under Section 22.04, Penal
  Code;
               (10)  a first degree felony under Section 28.02, Penal
  Code;
               (11)  a second degree felony under Section 29.02, Penal
  Code;
               (12)  a first degree felony under Section 29.03, Penal
  Code;
               (13)  a first degree felony under Section 30.02, Penal
  Code;
               (14)  a felony for which the punishment is increased
  under Section 481.134 or Section 481.140, Health and Safety Code;
               (15)  an offense under Section 43.25, Penal Code;
               (16)  an offense under Section 21.02, Penal Code;
               (17)  a first degree felony under Section 15.03, Penal
  Code;
               (17-a)  an offense punished under Section 49.09(b),
  Penal Code;
               (18)  an offense under Section 43.05, Penal Code; [or]
               (19)  an offense under Section 20A.02, Penal Code; or
               (20) [(18)]  an offense under Section 20A.03, Penal
  Code.
         SECTION 3.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.
  An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is
  governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed,
  and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For
  purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the
  effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred
  before that date.
         SECTION 4.  To the extent of any conflict, Section 2 of this
  Act prevails over another Act of the 83rd Legislature, Regular
  Session, 2013, relating to nonsubstantive additions to and
  corrections in enacted codes.
         SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.