Bill Text: TX HB2183 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Relating to the temporary appointment of county jailers.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-23 - Effective on 9/1/23 [HB2183 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB2183-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Relating to the temporary appointment of county jailers.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-23 - Effective on 9/1/23 [HB2183 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB2183-Comm_Sub.html
By: Stucky, Murr (Senate Sponsor - Flores) | H.B. No. 2183 | |
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 19, 2023; | ||
April 20, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on | ||
Criminal Justice; May 3, 2023, reported favorably by the following | ||
vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 3, 2023, sent to printer.) | ||
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relating to the temporary appointment of county jailers. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 1701.310, Occupations Code, is amended | ||
by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsections (b-1), (b-2), and | ||
(b-3) to read as follows: | ||
(b) A county jailer appointed on a temporary basis who does | ||
not satisfactorily complete the preparatory training program | ||
before the first anniversary of the date that the person is | ||
appointed shall be removed from the position. A county jailer | ||
appointed on a temporary basis shall be enrolled in the preparatory | ||
training program on or before the 90th day after their temporary | ||
appointment. A temporary appointment may not be renewed, except | ||
that the sheriff may petition the commission to extend the | ||
temporary appointment for a period not to exceed six months. | ||
(b-1) A person who has previously been appointed on a | ||
temporary basis as a county jailer and separated from that position | ||
may be subsequently appointed on a temporary basis as a county | ||
jailer under Subsection (b) at the same or a different county jail | ||
only if the person was in good standing at the time the person | ||
separated from the position. | ||
(b-2) A person who has cumulatively served as a county | ||
jailer on a temporary basis under Subsection (b) for two years may | ||
continue to serve for the remainder of that temporary appointment, | ||
not to exceed the first anniversary of the date of the most recent | ||
appointment. The person is not eligible for an extension of that | ||
appointment or for a subsequent appointment on a temporary basis as | ||
a county jailer under that subsection at the same or a different | ||
county jail until the first anniversary of the date the person | ||
separates from the temporary appointment during which the person | ||
reached two years of cumulative service. | ||
(b-3) A person whose county jailer license has become | ||
inactive may be appointed as a county jailer on a temporary basis | ||
under Subsection (b). | ||
SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date | ||
of this Act, the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement shall adopt the | ||
rules necessary to implement the changes in law made by this Act to | ||
Section 1701.310, Occupations Code. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
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