Sec. 498.001.  DEFINITIONS.  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 pardons and paroles 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.
Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 212, Sec. 2.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Renumbered from Sec. 497.001 and amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 16, Sec. 10.01(a), eff. Aug. 26, 1991.  Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 249, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995;  Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 321, Sec. 1.046, eff. Sept. 1, 1995;  Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 12.10, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.