Sec. 499.155. DURATION OF CONFINEMENT

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the institutional division may not confine an inmate described by Section 499.152 in a transfer facility authorized by this subchapter for a period that exceeds the maximum period for which a state jail felon may be confined in a state jail felony facility under Section 12.35, Penal Code.

(b) If an inmate described by Section 499.152 is confined in a transfer facility, is released from or transferred from the transfer facility or returned to the convicting county under court order, and is convicted of a subsequent offense, is returned from the convicting county, or is the subject of a revocation of parole or mandatory supervision, the institutional division shall not calculate the previous period of confinement in determining the maximum period the defendant may be confined in a transfer facility following conviction of the subsequent offense, return from the convicting county, or revocation.

(c) If an inmate is discharged or released on parole or mandatory supervision from a transfer facility, the inmate is entitled to receive release or discharge money from the institutional division in the same amount as an inmate is entitled to receive on release or discharge from any other facility of the institutional division under Section 501.015.

Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 988, Sec. 1.06, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 321, Sec. 1.064, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.