Bill Text: TX HB103 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 2nd Special Session | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to the establishment of and a grant program for temporary confinement facilities during local disasters relating to illegal immigration or border security.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-08-23 - Referred to State Affairs [HB103 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HB103-Introduced.html
 
 
  By: Slaton H.B. No. 103
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the establishment of and a grant program for temporary
  confinement facilities during local disasters relating to illegal
  immigration or border security.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 772, Government Code, is
  amended by adding Section 772.0079 to read as follows:
         Sec. 772.0079.  GRANT PROGRAM FOR TEMPORARY CONFINEMENT
  FACILITIES DURING CERTAIN LOCAL DISASTERS. (a) In this section,
  "criminal justice division" means the criminal justice division
  established under Section 772.006.
         (b)  The criminal justice division shall establish and
  administer a grant program to provide financial assistance to
  counties to offset costs related to the establishment and operation
  of temporary confinement facilities authorized under Section
  351.0037, Local Government Code.
         (c)  The criminal justice division shall establish:
               (1)  eligibility criteria for grant applicants;
               (2)  grant application procedures;
               (3)  criteria for evaluating grant applications and
  awarding grants;
               (4)  guidelines related to grant amounts; and
               (5)  procedures for monitoring the use of a grant
  awarded under this section and ensuring compliance with any
  conditions of the grant.
         (d)  The criminal justice division may use any revenue
  available for purposes of this section.
         SECTION 2.  Subchapter A, Chapter 351, Local Government
  Code, is amended by adding Section 351.0037 to read as follows:
         Sec. 351.0037.  TEMPORARY CONFINEMENT FACILITIES DURING
  CERTAIN LOCAL DISASTERS. (a)  Notwithstanding any other law, a
  county for which a local disaster has been declared under Section
  418.108, Government Code, relating to illegal immigration or border
  security may establish and operate a temporary facility for the
  confinement of persons not lawfully present in the United States
  who are accused of committing an offense in lieu of confining those
  persons in the county jail.
         (b)  The Commission on Jail Standards shall waive, to the
  extent the commission determines compliance is not practicable or
  reasonable with respect to a facility described by Subsection (a),
  any standards applicable to the confinement of prisoners in a
  facility other than a county jail under Section 351.0035 or other
  law.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the
  last day of the legislative session.
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