Texas Government Code 499.002 – Transfer to Community Residential Facility
(a) The pardons and paroles division may assume custody of an eligible inmate not more than one year before the inmate’s presumptive parole date or mandatory supervision release date. The eligible inmate becomes a pre-parolee on the date the pardons and paroles division assumes custody, and the pardons and paroles division immediately shall transfer the pre-parolee to a community residential facility. Except as otherwise provided by this subchapter, the pre-parolee may serve the remainder of the pre-parolee’s sentence before release on parole in the facility designated by the pardons and paroles division.
(b) At the time of the transfer of the pre-parolee, the pardons and paroles division shall designate a community residential facility as the pre-parolee’s assigned unit of confinement.
Terms Used In Texas Government Code 499.002
- Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
- Year: means 12 consecutive months. See Texas Government Code 311.005
(c) If a pre-parolee is transferred from pre-parole status to parole status the pre-parolee shall receive any balance of the money to which the pre-parolee is entitled under § 501.015.