OFFICE OF THE AlTORNEY GENERAL OF **TEXAS** AUSTIN

Hon. 9. S. %'alkW Oounty Att0Zrn.y walker oounty tfuntsrillo,Texas

Dear sir:

on 14 or Art1010 1 

### the oonatltutien of

date of Notambe able xao I.,.

Bennb r addreaaeb to you on th8 tilvmda letter from xonort Attorney, lBth Judloial



### ,wherein ho adtlaed 

### that OorpM wan fll.6. In iOatiOn the Dlmtrlot Attr tho queetlon raised in aaia letter of #OYember 7, la department. ~lansr your letter of Nwemier 7, a8 folme, allCounty AttOlpOy, if, UudW ArtIt 6166x, . . . '.after a prironv has aowe- aald overtime and haa bean oredited tibh the came, then the manager, with the Frlson Board*8 apprordl, oan 

## rorfalt auoh overtine under the Constitution or Texas, Artlola I, seotion 14, whish provldas that no man shall bs 9laoed in jeopw&y twioe for the amlo offsnse, 09e.mn. D. 3. iyulker,Page 2

"The objeat OS this inquiry la to dater&as whethar 

### or not, in your oplnloa, the Penitentiary Board or the managenmnt thereof 

### aen,titer 0redltIng 

### a pl~onerwithaarned overthe, rorieit the 8eme without vlolatlug SOOtiOn 14 Or AmOle 3:Of th0 Bill Of Ri@ti of the Constftatlon of thlu 3tate*- Article 6186~, V.A.C..L, In part provides:
*In order to anoourage prleon UI8olplIna, 

## 8aiw.netioa

maybemad0 

## fin

thetruktnrent,

of prlsonmr so 

### as to extend 

### toall euch ae'aro **orderly,** 

### Indwtrlewa and **obeUisat,** 

### comforts and @+Ilegscl aooordIng to their **doaerta.** The rewerd to 

### be beatowed canprisoners for **good**uondwt ehall eonsI8t or **mwh relaxation**  Of 

### StTi& priS081

XV&OSmd l

Xb MiOAOf

### -*Ial pri~Ilagea as may be 

### ooneistent with propu dlsoIpllne, acemautatI,on o? tkae for good oonduotahallbegranted by theaatnager,andthe following deduotIon shall **be** mad. frcm tha term or **terms** of aentenee~ when no eharga or mIMon

### duct hae been sustained 

### agafaata prlaomr, ~1s.~

. . . .* Artiole 6166x, V.A.O.S., ln psrt 

### pr ’orId8rr
vrf~~neta ahallbs keptatwork undo= swh rules and regulation8 a8 may bo adopted **‘ bt**  **the manager** **with the**  **Board*6** 

### apgmval: pre*1ded; that no prlaona shall **be**

## required **to werLr** 

**,jmre than**  **tan** 

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**per** day **eraapt on**  **work neoawary**  and essential to efflolent 

### 0rgUnllatloa ot oaavi& rortxw, M&oh tintsahall Inolude the 'tima spent in going to and **returning from**  

### tholr**work, but**  not to isiolrzds the lntemlealon for dinnor, whieh shall **nQt** be 1.88 thW one hOUr, and in -886 of 8uoh MOWWX'y~d WW8Itti~~OYdtiar, work, said ~l?isOnsire shall receive a 4edoet1oa of the equal to double the hours'so workedRon. D. Y. Phlker, **Paw S** 

from the term or terms or 

### wntwoe.
. . . pOr 8aah swtalned obi~ge of ni8oonduot in riolatIW Of WY rule known to the prisoner E& 0- lautbion **eanasd** by suoh **overtime** 

### workshall be 8ubjOoD to ooa~U&O forS.iture. . . .*

prorldoor seotion 14, artiols **I or**  the Constitution 0f TO=,

wo 

### per8on, rorthe sane40rf0fiw, shall be trio* >ut in jeopardy 0r liberty, nor shall, a peroon be again .rmtupon trial r0r the mkw Offewe, after a yerdiot of 

### not<y In a ofmrt 

### ofoompetsnt jurisdlotIon.*

In M) CQrpuJ Jurlo., Bag* 348, 

### it iS 8dd: *OrdinaHly a priwner i8 rrntitledto a 4Iuwition 0r 

### the sentm0e 

### far god wnduot In oaae of a ~oosmtatlon of a 

### sontwme, whore the oeammtatlon lu to euah 

### a t~rmof IspAwn

### mutt u sakes the otatut~ appl&oablO, but thla 

### &tit depends!on the tema of the ocmmutation~

. . . . 9h&mluot of a priaoneu nay 

### forfeit In whole or in 

### parthi8 **right** 

### to reduetlon of mmtww; and 

### thle ftxielture may ba resuspted by idatut@, or **by** Yalld rule8 mad@ by proper prl00110ff1018.l8. . . .*
,A8iairW qu&tlon InYolYIng rule8 ofthe priwa .mard orxan8u In authorlaingthe all,~oigoodtlaps and alw speolfylng theroin for lrithdraulng*aoh alXa+ufanOe tar in- 1 **subordInation wan** raiwd **in the**  habeas 'eOrpU8 preswdlng in the eO8e of fn Ro; T~rrlll, 144 **Fad.** 016, ?5,.C.O.A5. 4l& There ~ltwm ooneeded that the grlson board teak from the good tfiu of the prlaoner 590 day8. The 

### report held auab aetloa of the 

### priW~%

bOtW in 

### it8 pr12aOed~ mUI ecina~a6tW. #S t0 the aOtion or the prlaon enthorlti.@ain thla reapeet, the wurt said;

-ho aatlon of that tribnaal 

## inthis proowd&.q Wd iSlt&i.8Wlvt 18 OOPO1LUS190,Md whether It wa8 ad9iOabLy taken upOn spiflol~t

# :; P avldetnee, whetheraoaordingto,or diarogardlng 

### the rule6 of 

### the prirronox the law, ere quoatione vhioh cannot be 

### raiwd 

### by this writ of habeas oorpurr,beoauoe thet tribuual he4 tha jarledlotioa end the paaer to detsrmine hou much geod time ehoul~ be taken 

### from the prisoner, **and** 

### It ha8 deternincd that qtmstlon. Ken those 390 days are thruwn out of the aocount, the time ior whloh the 

### prlsonsr was 

### sentenoed ha8 not o*pired, and wnsequontly ho oanuot be dlaaharged upon this groun4.s
&Yeoan me 

### no good 

### reason why the rule eboye anno&& with refetrttnoe

to the forrciture of oommutatlon **gained by**  

### a oon

### r&etSorgoood

conductehould not apply 

### with equalforceto oomsutatlon 

### earnod

### by (f oonvictfor 

### ouurtime**workad.**
ks stated in our opIniom 8-3648 

### approvedJulf16; 194l, and addresued to tha DirrtrlctAttorney of your district Chat oedlt for good ooaduot and arertime aflowa~~oe8

### under Artlolam 61$bv au4 616d?-1, when onas carnsd by a prlwnsr my 

### be torf*ited only UQon those ground8 Op0iried in 

### aald**statute8.** me 8am4 StatutOl7 euthorIty whloh pantis the 

### privilege r0r a prlwnor to earn ownsutation on hia 8eateuae. authorlses the 

### fortolfatm andwe fall 

### to 848 how ths ermolse ai suoh authority grant& to ths nauaqur or prison board, with the 

### wasutntlon thersls provided esurlnglto the benefit or 

### theprisonem,csm wrk tutable jWptStdy Or 86WIt.udo Withill th4 MMing Of the 0itBd **OOMtit?l** 

### tiolm1provlslon. A torfeiture undo the statute IS brou&ht about 

### by the 

### prfooner and h5m only, through his violation 

### or IIIfrootlon of 

### knownrules, 

### for the obssrvanoe of which the ooo- %Utatlon ia authorlaad.

hoe you have oikrd tm to titlole 6166x, we 

### odil **y0tt.r**attention **to** the faot that this Artiole **ha8**baas **ouperseded** by Senate Bill No. ZO, Aot8 19S9, 46th Lo~lslaturo, p. S84, and dool~dad by Vernon as hrttole 616bx-1. HOUOYW, ths rsri8ion8 of t&is artiale are identioal with tho8e of krtio a P 6166X in 80 far as they relate to the quelrtionhere don8fdered.

Xt is therefore the opinion of this **departsmat** thet under the provision6 or Artlols 6166x, V.A.C.S., al.1earned wmmutatlon by oysr-time work 18 aubjeot to ferfeiture. 'Zhere

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forfeitureloUealareUinaaaardanaewith theprovialonaof ,the 

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doesnot violate.4rtible I, Ysction14 of t;he Conutitutlon

of TeZas.
Yaursverytruly

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-‘i;,L BY


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