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SB 21, 72nd R.S.

Relating to the establishment by the Texas Board of Criminal Justice of standards for population and capacity of the institutional division, to the award of administrative good conduct time and advancement of parole eligibility dates in an emergency overcrowding situation, to the acceptance by the institutional division of inmates from certain counties on a priority basis, and to the establishment of parole guidelines used in the determination of parole eligibility.

Last action: Co-author authorized

Author: J.E. Brown
Joint Author: Gene Green | John Whitmire
Coauthor: Cynthia Krier

Companion:

HB 124 (Identical)

Subjects:
Corrections--Jails & Prisons
Corrections--Parole, Probation & Pardons
CRIMINAL JUSTICE, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF
GOOD CONDUCT TIME CREDIT

Senate Committee: Criminal Justice (Ted Lyon, J.E. Brown, Rodney Ellis, Chris Harris, David Sibley, Bill Sims, Frank Tejeda)

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