Bill Text: TX HB271 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to mandatory supervision for certain offenses involving the possession of a controlled substance.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-04-09 - Left pending in committee [HB271 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB271-Introduced.html
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| By: Miles | H.B. No. 271 | |
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| relating to mandatory supervision for certain offenses involving | ||
| the possession of a controlled substance. | ||
| 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 OFFENSES | ||
| INVOLVING POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE. Sections | ||
| 508.149(b), (c), and (d) do not apply to an inmate who: | ||
| (1) is serving a sentence for a third degree felony | ||
| offense under Section 481.115, 481.1151, 481.116, 481.1161, | ||
| 481.117, 481.118, or 481.121, Health and Safety Code; | ||
| (2) is described by Section 498.003(b)(1) or (2); and | ||
| (3) has not been previously convicted of: | ||
| (A) an offense for which registration as a sex | ||
| offender is required under Chapter 62, Code of Criminal Procedure; | ||
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| (B) an offense under Title 5, Penal Code. | ||
| SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to any | ||
| inmate serving a term of imprisonment in a facility operated by or | ||
| under contract with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice on or | ||
| after the effective date of this Act, regardless of when the inmate | ||
| was sentenced to serve that term. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
