HBA-CMT H.B. 2800 77(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 2800
By: Hodge
Corrections
3/25/2001
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Currently, once good conduct time has been revoked for a disciplinary
offense, an inmate can not gain the time back through cooperation or good
behavior.  In an effort to offer wardens a tool to better ensure inmate
cooperation and compliance, House Bill 2800 authorizes the restoration of
good conduct time at the discretion of the Department of Criminal Justice. 

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. 

ANALYSIS

House Bill 2800 amends the Government Code to authorize the Department of
Criminal Justice to restore good conduct time to an inmate who forfeited
the time by committing an offense or violating a rule of the institutional
division or transfer facility and to an inmate who forfeited good conduct
time on a revocation of parole or mandatory supervision. 

EFFECTIVE DATE

September 1, 2001.