Bill Text: TX HB2216 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Bill 2216 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to the period for disposing of a charge that a person violated a condition of release from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-15 - Referred to Corrections [HB2216 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HB2216-Introduced.html

	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.