II OFFICE OF THE A’ITORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 
23: 

Ron. 0. 7. 8. Ell.in&fmb %ze 2 

"If aatual flat tlma senrd is 

more than 10 years end 1088 then 20 

pars e 75.00 

“it aotuel flat tlme served is 

over 20 years s100.00 

Tn eddItIo3 to the pa9zaent11 shown abom, 

the primmer ehcill also rocelve the preeorlbed 

clothlnu for zelaeee on diroherge. 

*in cot-.putlq an lnmtO*B flat t&c43 or 

tina uotccilly served, you shaul& fl@;uro rraa 

the date lm wcm oentenoed, and not fron the 

date he wea received at the penIteatIer9. 

*Ifhen a prl6ooaereoolves a Condltlonal 

Pardon or Parole, regmdleor of when he 1s 

released fzpn custody, he Ie to zsoelro l payneat or $5.00, raiLroad tare rraa; the point of 

re4lcaeo to plnct! ci ~convlotlon ena the preecrlbed olotfiing. 

*%here 8 Candl t lw& Par&u or Per010 has 

boen revoklrrd aad the prisoner is returned to 

prison ta serve h%a ~ntenae, the amount to be 

paid hia upon dlsahar~ ehell be, (LO ahown above, 

baaed on the actual flat tlm froxc the date of 

his ap?rehemlon after revooatlon of olsa~ency 

to the date of discharge. The time served prior 

to i?eOelYlng the Condltlonal Z'ardon or Parole 

connot be 00n6leer0e es ohe prisoner wan paid 

et the t&se of his releeee, the stetutory allowen80 of 85.00, reilroed tare from point of release to plea8 of oonolotitxi nne provided with 

the pnsoribe0 clothing. Xed tb oleaonoy (punted not been violated end the prisoner reaolned 

out or prleon until he wae finally eIaoherfg3e, 

;;e;rthar psymmt would bare been wade by the 

. 

“mTRil?.?s: 

When 0 p&toner Is granted a reprieve, 

xqardleso of the length of time it aofars, no 

peymc_at of en9 nature 1s due hisa, and neither 
is there any statutory requlre=eat for clothing to be furnlehed. 

wmae on extension of e reprieve not be 

granted, or the reprieve is revoked and the IErant8 retwn0e to prison to fmrve the renaineer 

of his sentence, the oontlnulty of tins soned 

la not ocnsi8c~ree broken by the reprieve, and 

in Uetarzlnlnp, the amount to be paid upon dlsoharge, you should add the tlum served before 

and after th.s ropriove an& pay the imate in 

aoooreance with the aohedule on the preoeelag 

pair;8 for flat tlm 60tually s0rveQ. The t&e 

served before tho reprieve should be oounted In 

this aiiue aa the prleoner was not given anything 

whon he wua roleeeed on the reprlevo. 

Where a reprieve 1s revoked, the prlaoner 

will not receive credit on hS6 sentenoe for the 

tlae he wu8 rcloaese on the reprieve, and hle 

ornelt on the mcutenoe will 8top with the date 

of his role&so on the roprleve. 

“Eschq8 a 

*lChen e prlucner esonpea, 1s reoeptureU 

and returned to prison to oomplete his sentenoe, 

the amount due him at data of dleohar~ should 

be orrlred at in the 8am manor as lf h? was reloaeod on a wprlsteI that 18, l.n doternrlniq 

the flat time before and after the eno+pe, add 

them toGether and then pay the fmounte in 

the seheenls on pq6 1 for aotual flttt.‘time’ served. 

AII 1x1 the uase et reprieves, the flat ttie before 

the date of e8oape should be oounted in arrl91w 

at total flat time nerved, as the prisoner mm 

not clven amhlag when he esoapetl. 

=ln all of the above oases, the prisoner 

5s entitled to withdraw en9 fun&s he ~a9 have 

on deposit in the offloe or the SarQen or Semi 

Eanagar upon his belng released." 

you+ attent:on is dimm3e to Article 6166z(1) 

l?evleed Civil Statutes of Texas, nhioh statute governs the 
Hon. 0. z. 3. P,lUngabn, Togo 4 

payments on dlaohar 

TaT%:: fu1r 

berdon a8 est forth In 

your above quo e 

*non a prImnor Is entitled to a dincharEc trola prI800, he or ehe abell be furnished with II written or printed discharge fro= 

the snnegtw, with seol atilred, eI@ed by thr CCULoear, glvlng prisoner98 naas, date ol oentenoe, 

fmm what County sentenced, enount or oaxautntlon rooelvod, it any, the trade ho hen learnad, 

ir CDJ, hie pmmion0y in 8a38, end auoh desoription 60 say be praotlaable. Suah tliaobergad pemtm shall be turnlshod with a daoent outfit of oitlzen’r olothing of good qunlity and 

fit, end two suit8 OS unaem4ar; aad when a peraon and/or oonvlot eotuelly serves over one year, 

he shall mcnive Fifty Dollar8 ($50.00) IO mney 

in vCdItIon to any Eoney held to his or her are- 

&it, provided that it e poraon end/or oonviot 

doea not sotually mrve one year Slat tine he 

shall not reoelve Piftp Sllera (fMO.00); &ut 

in llou thereef (L pcrrron 6erviag leara than one 

year satual the ahall reoelve ‘ik@nty-five Dollam (&F&O) in money ti addition to any money 

held to his or her oredit and a aeoent outfit 

ai oitIeea*o olothlng ot geoQ quellty and fit 

and two ouits ai underwear, pmldod that lf 

the natusl time rrorvdl exoebds ton (10) yeero, 

the mm of money &ml1 bs Seventj-iIve fkllara 

end ii the aatuol time served exceed8 

h) years tho mm of rboney ehall be One 

Eumlrod Dolles (8100.00). Aa far (LB my be 

praatloeblo the l’riaon Ibard ray authorize a 

are&ion of e Eureeu for tho purpose of plaoing 

di6aharged priSoaera in oonneotion rIth ~cploymet&, provided ouah will not be extra expense 

to the YrIeon 3yat(h.g 

Artiole 6603(10), Revised Civil Statutes of Texas, 

governing the 8eot:oa on OOnait~0d ~4tion or wrole e8 mt 

forth in year aInn4 quotail lottar-Pi,48 iollovm~ 

“Upon the discharge OS eny prisoner upon 

parole, either under the pro1ioion4 of tblo 

Aet, or throw the exoroieo by the ~vemor 
t?OD. 0. .', R. "lllD~8oa, Pap 5 

or l xeoutive olemnoy, independent ol t: ia Aot, 

ruob prr8cn 80 percled, shall be rur-Asked by 

the prcpar of~losrs of the State Ptlaon Fonrd 

nit3 mob olotblnt PS Is usually furnlsbed to 

prlronara upon disohargs rroa prircn la thI8 

State togathrr -; ith e railroad non-transferable 

tlokrt rron t!m plaoe cr l;ir dl6aha?gs to the 

plaoe or his aonvSatIoD and 8entenae, am? In 

addltloa thereto the 8m or t5.09.a 

AD opinion sddraeseb to 0. 2. 6. Ellingron by 

foe i7. Alrup, Of Tantarp 6, lQS6, ocntained. In YOlme &69, 

letter opi~icns of the Attorney Gaceral, pe6c 877, holda 

that where a aonvlat served less than one year and yes 

relaaaed on E oondltioaal pardon1 and theraafier, was 

arrested and tuned another period of less than air month8 

l rtsr havlag vlolated t&a ocwl!rlons or his pardon, upon 

hi8 rubsequent disotiarge, ha 1s entitled to oDly $gS.OO 

tOr haring rtrwd lass than OIL@ yea:, the oonstruotlon being that the bgislsture intmd6d the aoovlot should 8arve 

ocnaaautlva tlae, 1~ o:der to x-aoalva the payments sat 

forth in hrtlale 61862(l), 3evi8ed Clvll 6totutae ot Texnr, 

Also, tbti de~artaicnt gives the additions1 reason for the 

hOldiBg in the alove opinion that the ocnviot 0111 have 

reaeived tTtc btnetit 8st tcrth In’Article 6eOS(lO), Sevired 

Cl011 Statutes Of Texas, above puottd, upon his raleaae on 

4 ooaditional Bprdon. 

The l ubstanoa o? the C&varnor~s proalaiaation 

granting aleaenoy oontrolr its 0rre0t re~nPtilta8 oi the 

Be&la by ahleh it is designated. rr Part6 Elaak,. 69 s':i tad 

828. 

It would 844~5 that Artiale 619G o? Title log, 

R0lh.a Civil T;tDtutsr of Terss, a8 8et rortfi ID rroo3pIled 

Volwio 19 of ?awnon'r Aanotatrd Clvll Statutes ct Texar, 

would have aoze roroe and etttot with ruferanoe to the 

dlaoharge of eonvlota. UO~?:evel uoh r , is not true in hat. 

At the regular aasnion of the 40th Lsylslature, Zcuse El11 

59 ot.Cbeptdr El&, repealed all of Title 109, 3evIsed 

Clrtl Statute8 of Texas, cxceat article 62OoJ. Thereafter, 

at the tirrt oalled session of the 41st Leglslsturt, 3mate 

Bill Ea. 85, Se&loo '1, prcvldad en l swlmsnt of Artiah 

6196, ?avlsod Clvll Statute8 of Texas. The passage OS 

Senate El11 83 dld not make an lnde endeat aat, but plalnly stats8 an lnfeot!oa to saend Art s ole FlQ6, : and sfnae 
Your attonticn 3s direotad to that portion af 

your nosaa~a whioh relatee: 

-Zn oarputlng nn lnmte*s flat the or 

t:r.e autually Berned, you ohould rlp,ure rror: 

the date he mu senteaoed and not frcrr the 

data 5.0 WE moetoed at die penitentiury.* 

?hlie stntcmnt In correat wlisrs the inmite aoeepte hls 89nteR00 UithOUt en UpJWtll. :ihnrt the Imate 

renaimtl in jail or was ia tho ponltcatiary Curi% tls 

appeal, hlr tlxo DoEins to run cn thr dote of tho ~Sabdr,tc. 

There tha lnmte is at lar.go on bond or reco~niztmoe lending appeal hla tlm begins to run won hi6 arroet ead 

the exeoution ot m oomftmont iamed by the trial oourt 

upon receipt oi the nnndate. Art. 77fi, Cods of Cxldnal 

Frocedura at Texan. 

It is our opinion thnt ycur 3etter cor$eotly 

ateteo the paysaonta due ooavlots when blaohnr@ or reloam34 on olemsncy. The Hatenents in your letter an4 the 

reoitatfona of the oplnlona as rret forth herein are hereby 

adoptod, 

Bolftwint, this to anawor yaui inquiry, we ure 

Very truly prmro