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TITLE 37PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS
PART 5TEXAS BOARD OF PARDONS AND PAROLES
CHAPTER 143EXECUTIVE CLEMENCY
SUBCHAPTER ECOMMUTATION OF SENTENCE
RULE §143.55Commutation of Sentence for Time Out of TDCJ-CID on Reprieve

(a) The Board will consider a written request for commutation for time out of TDCJ-CID on reprieve only for medical reprieves.

(b) A request for commutation for time out of TDCJ-CID on medical reprieve will be considered only if:

  (1) the offender has returned to the TDCJ-CID;

  (2) the calendar time under consideration for commutation is time the offender was actually confined as a resident patient (not an out-patient) in a hospital or institution; and

  (3) the offender has in all things complied with the rules of the hospital or institution during the emergency medical reprieve.

(c) Such commutation shall not exceed the actual amount of calendar time that the offender is absent from the TDCJ-CID on emergency medical reprieve.


Source Note: The provisions of this §143.55 adopted to be effective January 1, 1976; amended to be effective September 13, 2012, 37 TexReg 7191; amended to be effective November 9, 2014, 39 TexReg 8599; amended to be effective May 9, 2018, 43 TexReg 2796

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