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Tex. Gov't Code § 498.001

DEFINITIONS

Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 212, Sec. 2.01, eff

In this chapter:

(1) "Inmate" means a person imprisoned by order of a court, whether the person is actually imprisoned in a facility operated by or under contract with the institutional division or is under the supervision or custody of the parole division.

(2) "Term" means:

(A) the term of confinement in the institutional division stated in the sentence of the convicting court, if the inmate is serving a sentence for a single offense;

(B) the term of confinement established by Section 508.150, if the inmate is serving two or more sentences consecutively; or

(C) the longest term of confinement in the institutional division stated in the sentence of the convicting court, if the inmate is serving two or more concurrent sentences.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.