Bill Text: TX HB3685 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the award of time credits to certain persons released on parole or to mandatory supervision.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-16 - Referred to Corrections [HB3685 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB3685-Introduced.html
| 88R7589 MCF-D | ||
| By: Jones of Harris | H.B. No. 3685 | |
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| relating to the award of time credits to certain persons released on | ||
| parole or to mandatory 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 508.1559 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 508.1559. TIME CREDITS FOR COMPLETION OF CERTAIN | ||
| CONDITIONS OF PAROLE OR MANDATORY SUPERVISION. (a) This section | ||
| applies only to a releasee who: | ||
| (1) is serving a sentence for an offense punishable as | ||
| a felony of the third degree, other than an offense: | ||
| (A) included as a reportable conviction or | ||
| adjudication under Article 62.001(5), Code of Criminal Procedure; | ||
| (B) involving family violence as defined by | ||
| Section 71.004, Family Code; or | ||
| (C) under Section 20.03, Penal Code; and | ||
| (2) has fully satisfied any order to pay restitution | ||
| to a victim. | ||
| (b) A releasee is entitled to time credits toward the | ||
| completion of the releasee's period of parole or mandatory | ||
| supervision in an amount equal to seven days for each month in which | ||
| the releasee is in compliance with the conditions of the releasee's | ||
| parole or mandatory supervision. | ||
| (c) In addition to the time credits to which a releasee is | ||
| entitled under Subsection (b), a releasee is entitled to receive | ||
| any combination of time credits toward the completion of the | ||
| releasee's period of parole or mandatory supervision in accordance | ||
| with Subsections (d), (e), and (f) if the releasee was required as a | ||
| condition of parole or mandatory supervision to: | ||
| (1) make a payment described by Subsection (d); | ||
| (2) complete a treatment or rehabilitation program | ||
| described by Subsection (e); or | ||
| (3) earn a diploma, certificate, or degree described | ||
| by Subsection (f). | ||
| (d) A releasee is entitled to time credits toward the | ||
| completion of the releasee's period of parole or mandatory | ||
| supervision for the full payment of court costs, fines, attorney's | ||
| fees, and restitution as follows: | ||
| (1) court costs: 15 days; | ||
| (2) fines: 30 days; | ||
| (3) attorney's fees: 30 days; and | ||
| (4) restitution: 60 days. | ||
| (e) A releasee is entitled to time credits toward the | ||
| completion of the releasee's period of parole or mandatory | ||
| supervision for the successful completion of treatment or | ||
| rehabilitation programs as follows: | ||
| (1) parenting class or parental responsibility | ||
| program: 30 days; | ||
| (2) anger management program: 30 days; | ||
| (3) life skills training program: 30 days; | ||
| (4) vocational, technical, or career education or | ||
| training program: 60 days; | ||
| (5) alcohol or substance abuse counseling or | ||
| treatment: 90 days; | ||
| (6) mental health program: 90 days; and | ||
| (7) any other faith-based, volunteer, or | ||
| community-based program ordered or approved by the parole panel: 30 | ||
| days. | ||
| (f) A releasee is entitled to time credits toward the | ||
| completion of the releasee's period of parole or mandatory | ||
| supervision for earning the following diplomas, certificates, or | ||
| degrees: | ||
| (1) a high school diploma or high school equivalency | ||
| certificate: 90 days; and | ||
| (2) an associate degree: 120 days. | ||
| (g) If a releasee's parole or mandatory supervision is | ||
| revoked, all of the time credits to which the releasee is entitled | ||
| under this section are forfeited and may not be credited toward the | ||
| remaining portion of the releasee's sentence. | ||
| SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
| to a person who is released on parole or to mandatory supervision | ||
| for an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
| A person who is released on parole or to mandatory supervision for | ||
| an offense committed before the effective date of this Act is | ||
| governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, | ||
| and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For | ||
| purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the | ||
| effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred | ||
| before that date. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
