Texas Government Code 499.053 – Transfers From Texas Juvenile Justice Department or Post-Adjudication Secure Correctional Facility
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(a) In this section, “post-adjudication secure correctional facility” has the meaning assigned by § 152.00011, Human Resources Code.
(a-1) The department shall accept persons transferred to the department from:
(1) the Texas Juvenile Justice Department under § 245.151, Human Resources Code; or
(2) a post-adjudication secure correctional facility under § 152.00161, Human Resources Code.
Terms Used In Texas Government Code 499.053
- Justice: when applied to a magistrate, means justice of the peace. See Texas Government Code 312.011
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
- Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
(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 § 508.145(d) for an offense listed in Article 42A.054, Code of Criminal Procedure, or an offense for which a deadly weapon finding has been made.