81R1061 HLT-F
By: Hodge, Guillen H.B. No. 93
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the restoration of good conduct time forfeited during a
term of imprisonment.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 498.004(a), Government Code, as amended
by Chapters 249 and 321, Acts of the 74th Legislature, Regular
Session, 1995, is reenacted and amended to read as follows:
(a) If, during the actual term of imprisonment of an inmate
in the department [institutional division] or in a transfer
facility, the inmate commits an offense or violates a rule of the
department [division], the department may forfeit all or any part
of the inmate's accrued good conduct time. The department may [not]
restore good conduct time forfeited under this subsection.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2009.