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Texas Administrative Code

TITLE 37	PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS
PART 5	TEXAS BOARD OF PARDONS AND PAROLES
CHAPTER 145	PAROLE
SUBCHAPTER A	PAROLE PROCESS
RULE §145.4	Policy Statements Relating to Felony Consecutive Sentences

(a) A parole panel may not treat consecutive sentences as a single sentence for purposes of parole.

(b) A parole panel shall treat consecutive felony sentences singularly and in sequence.

(c) A parole panel may not release on parole an offender sentenced to serve consecutive felony sentences earlier than the date on which the prisoner becomes eligible for release on parole from the last sentence imposed on the offender.

(d) A parole panel shall designate during each sentence the date, if any, on which the offender would have been eligible for release on parole if the offender had been sentenced to serve a single sentence.

Source Note: The provisions of this §145.4 adopted to be effective April 7, 1997, 22 TexReg 3042; amended to be effective September 13, 2012, 37 TexReg 7194

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