Bill Text: TX SB582 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Relating to the discharge of a prisoner from a county jail.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-05-19 - Committee report sent to Calendars [SB582 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-SB582-Comm_Sub.html

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By: Whitmire, et al. S.B. No. 582
(Alvarado)

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the discharge of a prisoner from a county jail.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Article 43.13, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsections (c), (d),
and (e) to read as follows:
(b) A defendant convicted of a misdemeanor and sentenced to
a term of confinement [of more than 30 days] discharges the
defendant's sentence at any time beginning at [between the hours
of] 6 a.m. and ending at 5 p.m. [7 p.m.] on the day of discharge.
(c) Except as provided by Subsections (d) and (e), the
sheriff or other county jail administrator shall release a
defendant, other than a defendant who is reasonably suspected to be
a person with mental illness, at any time beginning at 6 a.m. and
ending at 5 p.m. on the day the defendant discharges the defendant's
sentence.
(d) The sheriff or other county jail administrator may:
(1) credit a defendant who will discharge the
defendant's sentence and be released from the county jail at 12:01
a.m. with not more than 18 hours of time served; and
(2) release the defendant at any time beginning at 6
a.m. and ending at 5 p.m. on the day preceding the day on which the
defendant discharges the defendant's sentence.
(e) A sheriff or other county jail administrator may release
a defendant from county jail after 5 p.m. and before 6 a.m. if the
defendant:
(1) agrees to or requests a release after 5 p.m. and
before 6 a.m.;
(2) is subject to an arrest warrant issued by another
county and is being released for purposes of executing that arrest
warrant;
(3) is being transferred to the custody of another
state, a unit of the federal government, or a facility operated by
or under contract with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice; or
(4) is being admitted to an inpatient mental health
facility or a state supported living center for court-ordered
mental health or intellectual disability services.
SECTION 2. Section 511.009, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
(d) The commission may monitor compliance with the
provisions of Article 43.13, Code of Criminal Procedure, relating
to the release of a prisoner from county jail.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.