87R3821 MCF-F
By: Bernal H.B. No. 2216
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the period for disposing of a charge that a person
violated a condition of release from the Texas Department of
Criminal Justice.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 508.282(a), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a parole panel, a
designee of the board, or the department shall dispose of the
charges against an inmate or person described by Section
508.281(a):
(1) before the 41st day after the date on which:
(A) a warrant issued as provided by Section
508.251 is executed, unless an indictment, information, or
complaint is filed in court [if the inmate or person is arrested
only on a charge that the inmate or person has committed an
administrative violation of a condition of release, and the inmate
or person is not charged] before the 41st day alleging [with] the
inmate or person committed [commission of] an offense described by
Section 508.2811(2)(B); or
(B) the sheriff having custody of an inmate or
person alleged to have committed an offense after release notifies
the department that:
(i) the inmate or person has discharged the
sentence for the offense; or
(ii) the prosecution of the alleged offense
has been dismissed by the attorney representing the state in the
manner provided by Article 32.02, Code of Criminal Procedure; or
(2) within a reasonable time after the date on which
the inmate or person is returned to the custody of the department,
if:
(A) immediately before the return the inmate or
person was in custody in another state or in a federal correctional
system; or
(B) the inmate or person is transferred to the
custody of the department under Section 508.284.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to a person who on or after the effective date of this Act is charged
with a violation of a condition of the person's release. A person
who was charged with a violation of a condition of release before
the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on
the date the person was charged with the violation, and the former
law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.