TITLE: Relating to the award of good conduct time to certain inmates.

SUMMARY: Relating to the award of good conduct time to certain inmates.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the award of good conduct time to certain inmates. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 498.003, Government Code, is amended by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows: (f) Notwithstanding any other law, the department may award good conduct time to an inmate if the department finds that the inmate has, while confined, provided substantial assistance to a law enforcement agency in the investigation or prosecution of an alleged criminal offense. SECTION 2. Section 498.003(f), Government Code, as added by this Act, applies to an inmate confined 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 whether the offense for which the inmate is serving a sentence was committed before, on, or after the effective date of this Act. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.