83R1212 BEF-F
 
  By: Thompson of Harris H.B. No. 386
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the eligibility for release on parole of inmates
  convicted of compelling prostitution or trafficking of persons.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 508.145(d)(1), Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
               (1)  An inmate serving a sentence for an offense
  described by Section 3g(a)(1)(A), (C), (D), (E), (F), (G), (H),
  (I), (J), [or] (K), (L), or (M), Article 42.12, Code of Criminal
  Procedure, or for an offense for which the judgment contains an
  affirmative finding under Section 3g(a)(2) of that article, or for
  an offense under Section 20A.03, Penal Code, is not eligible for
  release on parole until the inmate's actual calendar time served,
  without consideration of good conduct time, equals one-half of the
  sentence or 30 calendar years, whichever is less, but in no event is
  the inmate eligible for release on parole in less than two calendar
  years.
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to a person serving a sentence for an offense committed on or after
  the effective date of this Act. A person serving a sentence for an
  offense committed before the effective date of this Act is governed
  by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, and the
  former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of
  this section, an offense was committed before the effective date of
  this Act if any element of the offense occurred before that date.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.