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 

tilvmd a 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, all County 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~oner with aarned 

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, 

8 aiw.netioa may be mad0 fin the truktnrent, of 

prlsonmr so as to extend to all euch ae'aro 

orderly, Indwtrlewa and obeUisat, comforts 

and @+Ilegscl aooordIng to their doaerta. 

The rewerd to be beatowed can prisoners for 

good uondwt ehall eonsI8t or mwh relaxation 

Of StTi& priS081 XV&OS md l Xb M iOA Of -*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 mIMonduct hae been sustained agafaat a 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 houra per day eraapt on work neoawary 

and essential to efflolent 0rgUnllatloa ot oaavi& rortxw, M&oh tints ahall 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 worked 
Ron. 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 work shall be 

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

prorldoor 

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

wo per8on, ror the sane4 0rf0fiw, shall 

be trio* >ut in jeopardy 0r liberty, nor shall, 

a peroon be again .rmt upon trial r0r the mkw 

Offewe, after a yerdiot of not <y In a 

ofmrt of oompetsnt jurisdlotIon.* 

In M) CQrpuJ Jurlo., Bag* 348, it iS 8dd: 

*OrdinaHly a priwner i8 rrntitled to 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 IspAwnmutt 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 part hi8 right to reduetlon of mmtww; and thle ftxielture may ba resuspted by 

idatut@, or by Yalld rule8 mad@ by proper prl0011 0ff1018.l8. . . .* 

,A 8iairW 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 

~lt wm 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.@a in thla reapeet, the wurt said; 

-ho aatlon of that tribnaal in this proowd&.q Wd iSl t&i.8 Wlvt 18 OOPO1LUS190, Md 

whether It wa8 ad9iOabLy taken upOn spiflol~t 
:; P 

avldetnee, whether aoaording to, or diarogardlng 

the rule6 of the prirron ox 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 qtms tlon. 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 

&Ye oan me no good reason why the rule eboye anno&& 

with refetrttnoe to the forrciture of oommutatlon gained by a oonr&et Sor goood conduct ehould not apply with equal force to oomsutatlon earnod by (f oonvict for ouurtime workad. 

ks stated in our opIniom 8-3648 approved Julf 16; 194l, 

and addresued to tha Dirrtrlct Attorney 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 

and we fall to 848 how ths ermolse ai suoh authority grant& to 

ths nauaqur or prison board, with the wasutntlon thersls provided esurlngl to the benefit or the prisonem, csm wrk tutable 

jWptStdy Or 86WIt.udo Withill th4 MMing Of the 0itBd OOMtit?ltiolm1 provlslon. A torfeiture undo the statute IS brou&ht 

about by the prfooner and h5m only, through his violation or IIIfrootlon of known rules, 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 P a 6166X 

in 80 far as they relate to the quelrtion here don8fdered. 

Xt is therefore the opinion of this departsmat thet 

under the provision6 or Artlols 6166x, V.A.C.S., al.1 earned 

wmmutatlon by oysr-time work 18 aubjeot to ferfeiture. 'Zhere 
eon. 0. 3. w.lker, Pa6re 5

forfeiture lo UealareU in aaaardanae with the provialona of 

,the etotutea, BaJDB does not violate .4rtible I, Ysction 14 of 

t;he Conutitutlon of TeZas. 

Yaurs very truly 

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#FPCSZNEX G3EXAl. GS TEXAS 

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