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| 1 | 1 | 81R1061 HLT-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Hodge H.B. No. 93 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the restoration of good conduct time forfeited during a | |
| 8 | 8 | term of imprisonment. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 498.004(a), Government Code, as amended | |
| 11 | 11 | by Chapters 249 and 321, Acts of the 74th Legislature, Regular | |
| 12 | 12 | Session, 1995, is reenacted and amended to read as follows: | |
| 13 | 13 | (a) If, during the actual term of imprisonment of an inmate | |
| 14 | 14 | in the department [institutional division] or in a transfer | |
| 15 | 15 | facility, the inmate commits an offense or violates a rule of the | |
| 16 | 16 | department [division], the department may forfeit all or any part | |
| 17 | 17 | of the inmate's accrued good conduct time. The department may [not] | |
| 18 | 18 | restore good conduct time forfeited under this subsection. | |
| 19 | 19 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 20 | 20 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 21 | 21 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 22 | 22 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 23 | 23 | Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |