HBA-MPM, PDH H.B. 1102 76(R)BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 1102
By: Smith
Corrections
8/11/1999
Enrolled



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

An inmate of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice who completes a
sentence and is being transferred to the state jail division is given a $50
release check.  The release check is intended to cover the travel expenses
of a released inmate going home; however, an inmate processed through the
Diagnostic Unit in Huntsville does not go home.  The inmate is held over
until being sent to a state jail facility.  Currently, an inmate held over
in the Diagnostic Unit is allowed to spend the $50 release check  in the
commissary. 

H.B. 1102 prohibits an inmate who is being transferred from the
institutional division to a state jail facility from receiving a $50
release check.  It also prohibits an inmate who is subject to a felony
detainer and released to the custody of another jurisdiction from receiving
such a check. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does
not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, department, agency, or institution. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 501.015, Government Code, by adding Subsection
(f), to provide that Subsection(a) (3) (Providing Discharged or Released
Inmate with Clothing and Money; Burial Expenses), Government Code,  does
not apply to an inmate who on discharge or release on parole, mandatory
supervision, or conditional pardon is transferred from the custody of the
institutional division to a state jail felony facility or who is subject to
a felony detainer and is released to the custody of another jurisdiction. 

SECTION 2.Makes application of this Act prospective.

SECTION 3.Emergency clause.
  Effective date: upon passage.