Bill Text: TX HB1213 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the temperature at which a facility operated by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice is maintained.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-03 - Referred to Corrections [HB1213 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB1213-Introduced.html
88R5744 BDP-D | ||
By: Rosenthal | H.B. No. 1213 |
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relating to the temperature at which a facility operated by the | ||
Texas Department of Criminal Justice is maintained. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 501, Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 501.028 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 501.028. TEMPERATURE REQUIREMENTS AT DEPARTMENT | ||
FACILITIES. The department shall ensure that the temperature in | ||
each facility operated by the department is maintained at not less | ||
than 65 degrees Fahrenheit or more than 85 degrees Fahrenheit. | ||
SECTION 2. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice is not | ||
required to comply with the requirements of Section 501.028, | ||
Government Code, as added by this Act, until September 1, 2024. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |