Bill Text: TX HB256 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to mandatory supervision for certain inmates sentenced following violation of a condition of community supervision.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-17 - Left pending in committee [HB256 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB256-Introduced.html
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| By: Miles | H.B. No. 256 | |
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| relating to mandatory supervision for certain inmates sentenced | ||
| following violation of a condition of community supervision. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 508, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 508.1491 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 508.1491. MANDATORY SUPERVISION FOR CERTAIN INMATES | ||
| SENTENCED FOLLOWING VIOLATION OF CONDITION OF COMMUNITY | ||
| SUPERVISION. Sections 508.149(b), (c), and (d) do not apply to an | ||
| inmate serving a sentence imposed following a violation of a | ||
| condition of community supervision resulting in an adjudication of | ||
| guilt on the original charge, unless: | ||
| (1) the violation constituted the commission of an | ||
| offense other than an offense involving the operation of a motor | ||
| vehicle punishable by fine only; or | ||
| (2) the original charge for which the inmate is | ||
| serving a sentence is based on the commission of an offense for | ||
| which registration as a sex offender is required under Chapter 62, | ||
| Code of Criminal Procedure. | ||
| 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, 2013. | ||
