Tex.
Gov't Code Section 499.053
Transfers from Texas Juvenile Justice Department or Post-adjudication Secure Correctional Facility
(a)
In this section, “post-adjudication secure correctional facility” has the meaning assigned by Section 152.00011 (Definition), Human Resources Code.(a-1)
The department shall accept persons transferred to the department from:(1)
the Texas Juvenile Justice Department under Section 245.151 (Termination of Control), Human Resources Code; or(2)
a post-adjudication secure correctional facility under Section 152.00161 (Termination of Control), Human Resources Code.(b)
A person transferred to the department from the Texas Juvenile Justice Department or from a post-adjudication secure correctional facility is entitled to credit on the person’s sentence for the time served in the custody of the Texas Juvenile Justice Department or the juvenile board or local juvenile probation department, as applicable.(c)
All laws relating to good conduct time and eligibility for release on parole or mandatory supervision apply to a person transferred to the department by the Texas Juvenile Justice Department or by a juvenile board or local juvenile probation department that operates the post-adjudication secure correctional facility as if the time the person was detained in a detention facility and the time the person served in the custody of the Texas Juvenile Justice Department or the juvenile board or local juvenile probation department was time served in the custody of the department.(d)
A person transferred from the Texas Juvenile Justice Department or a post-adjudication secure correctional facility for the offense of capital murder shall become eligible for parole as provided in Section 508.145 (Eligibility for Release on Parole; Computation of Parole Eligibility Date)(d) for an offense listed in Article 42A.054 (Limitation on Judge-ordered Community Supervision), Code of Criminal Procedure, or an offense for which a deadly weapon finding has been made.
Source:
Section 499.053 — Transfers from Texas Juvenile Justice Department or Post-adjudication Secure Correctional Facility, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.499.htm#499.053 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).
