85R744 MEW-D
By: Deshotel H.B. No. 2448
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the award of good conduct time to certain inmates.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 498.003, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:
(f) Notwithstanding any other law, the department may award
good conduct time to an inmate if the department finds that the
inmate has, while confined, provided substantial assistance to a
law enforcement agency in the investigation or prosecution of an
alleged criminal offense.
SECTION 2. Section 498.003(f), Government Code, as added by
this Act, applies to an inmate confined in a facility operated by or
under contract with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice on or
after the effective date of this Act, regardless of whether the
offense for which the inmate is serving a sentence was committed
before, on, or after the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.