Sec. 501.016.  DISCHARGE OR RELEASE PAPERS;  RELEASE DATE.  (a)  The department shall prepare and provide an inmate with the inmate's discharge or release papers when the inmate is entitled to be discharged or to be released on parole, mandatory supervision, or conditional pardon.  The papers must be dated and signed by the officer preparing the papers and bear the seal of the department.  The papers must contain:
(1)  the inmate's name;
(2)  a statement of the offense or offenses for which the inmate was sentenced;
(3)  the date on which the defendant was sentenced and the length of the sentence;
(4)  the name of the county in which the inmate was sentenced;
(5)  the amount of calendar time the inmate actually served;
(6)  a statement of any trade learned by the inmate and the inmate's proficiency at that trade;  and
(7)  the physical description of the inmate, as far as practicable.
(b)  If the release date of an inmate occurs on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, the department may release the inmate on the preceding workday.
Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 212, Sec. 2.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Renumbered from Sec. 500.016 and amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 16, Sec. 10.01(a), eff. Aug. 26, 1991.  Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 321, Sec. 1.083, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.