Bill Text: TX HB386 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the eligibility for release on parole of inmates convicted of compelling prostitution or trafficking of persons.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-02-11 - Referred to Corrections [HB386 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-HB386-Introduced.html

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83R1212 BEF-F
By: Thompson of Harris H.B. No. 386

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the eligibility for release on parole of inmates
convicted of compelling prostitution or trafficking of persons.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 508.145(d)(1), Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(1) An inmate serving a sentence for an offense
described by Section 3g(a)(1)(A), (C), (D), (E), (F), (G), (H),
(I), (J), [or] (K), (L), or (M), Article 42.12, Code of Criminal
Procedure, or for an offense for which the judgment contains an
affirmative finding under Section 3g(a)(2) of that article, or for
an offense under Section 20A.03, Penal Code, is not eligible for
release on parole until the inmate's actual calendar time served,
without consideration of good conduct time, equals one-half of the
sentence or 30 calendar years, whichever is less, but in no event is
the inmate eligible for release on parole in less than two calendar
years.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to a person serving a sentence for an offense committed on or after
the effective date of this Act. A person serving a sentence 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, 2013.