| TO: | Honorable Tan Parker, Chair, House Committee on Corrections |
| FROM: | Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
| IN RE: | HB517 by Pitts ( Relating to the eligibility of inmates convicted of certain intoxication offenses for release on parole or mandatory supervision.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted |
The bill would amend the Government Code as it relates to the eligibility of inmates convicted of certain intoxication offenses for release on parole or mandatory supervision. The provisions of the bill would apply to inmates serving a sentence of 25 years or more for certain intoxication offenses. The bill's provisions would not allow these offenders to be released to mandatory supervision and would only allow them to be released to parole supervision once inmates' actual time served (without consideration of good conduct time) equals one-half of the sentence or 30 calendar years, whichever is less, but no less than two calendar years.
Under the provisions of the bill, it is expected that any impact on offenders' length of incarceration would not significantly impact state correctional agencies' workload and programs within the first five years of the bill's implementation. In subsequent years, the bill's fiscal impact may increase as additional offenders are subject to the bill's provisions; this is dependent on the frequency with which the penalty is employed.
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
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| LBB Staff: | UP, ESi, GG, JGA
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