SECTION 145.14. Action upon Review; Release to Mandatory Supervision

(a) This section applies only to an offender eligible for release to mandatory supervision if the sentence is for an offense committed on or after September 1, 1996.

(b) If the TDCJ-CID determines that release of the offender will occur because the offender will reach the projected release date, the case will be processed as follows:

(1) the offender shall be provided written notice of the discretionary mandatory review and shall have 30 days from the receipt of the notice to submit, in writing, information to the Board; and

(2) after the expiration of the 30 day time period, the case shall be referred to a parole panel who will consider the case for release to mandatory supervision no earlier than 60 days of the offender's projected release date.

(c) Upon considering a case for release to mandatory supervision, a parole panel may:

(1) defer for request and receipt of further information;

(2) vote DMS Month/Year, deny release to mandatory supervision and set the next mandatory supervision review date one year from the panel decision date; or

(3) vote RMS, release to mandatory supervision.

(d) Subsection (c) of this section applies to all subsequent reconsiderations for release to mandatory supervision.

Source Note: The provisions of this §145.14 adopted to be effective June 30, 1997, 22 TexReg 5843; amended to be effective February 5, 2004, 29 TexReg 1209; amended to be effective November 14, 2004, 29 TexReg 10269; amended to be effective December 12, 2010, 35 TexReg 10993; amended to be effective September 13, 2012, 37 TexReg 7194; amended to be effective November 18, 2018, 43 TexReg 7466; amended to be effective February 9, 2023, 48 TexReg 522