82R7455 MAW-D
By: Whitmire S.B. No. 884
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the retention of good conduct time by an inmate whose
release on parole or to mandatory supervision is revoked.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 498.004(b), Government Code, as amended
by Chapters 249 (S.B. 44) and 321 (H.B. 2162), Acts of the 74th
Legislature, Regular Session, 1995, is reenacted and amended to
read as follows:
(b) On the revocation of parole or mandatory supervision of
an inmate, the department may not forfeit any of the [inmate
forfeits all] good conduct time [previously] accrued by the inmate
before the inmate was released on parole or to mandatory
supervision. On return to the department, [institutional division]
the inmate may accrue additional [new] good conduct time for
subsequent time served in the department [division. The department
may not restore good conduct time forfeited on a revocation].
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to a revocation of the parole or mandatory supervision of a person
on or after the effective date of this Act. A revocation made
before that date is governed by the law in effect on the date the
revocation occurred, and the former law is continued in effect for
that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.