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
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  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.
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