Bill Text: TX HB1550 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the confinement in a county jail of a person pending a transfer to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and to the reimbursement of certain costs of confinement.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-11 - Placed on General State Calendar [HB1550 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB1550-Comm_Sub.html
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| By: Frank | H.B. No. 1550 | ||
| Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1550: | |||
| By: Allen | C.S.H.B. No. 1550 | ||
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| relating to the confinement in a county jail of a person pending a | ||
| transfer to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and to the | ||
| reimbursement of certain costs of confinement. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 493, Government Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Section 493.032 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 493.032. TRANSPORTATION PLAN FOR CERTAIN INMATES. The | ||
| department shall develop and implement a plan to effectively and | ||
| efficiently take custody of and transport from a county jail an | ||
| inmate described by Section 499.121(c) or a person described by | ||
| Section 508.281(a) not later than the fifth day after the date on | ||
| which all processing required for transferring the inmate or person | ||
| has been completed. | ||
| SECTION 2. Subchapter F, Chapter 499, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 499.1215 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 499.1215. REIMBURSEMENT TO COUNTIES. (a) A county is | ||
| entitled to reimbursement from the department for the cost of | ||
| confining an inmate described by Section 499.121(c) in a county | ||
| jail at a rate of $45 for each day the inmate remains confined | ||
| beginning on the sixth day after the date on which all processing | ||
| required for transfer has been completed. | ||
| (b) A county judge may request reimbursement by submitting | ||
| to the comptroller a statement of the amount for which the county is | ||
| entitled to reimbursement under Subsection (a). On receipt of a | ||
| statement from a county under this subsection, the comptroller | ||
| shall reimburse the county in the amount requested from funds | ||
| appropriated to the department. | ||
| SECTION 3. Subchapter I, Chapter 508, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 508.285 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 508.285. REIMBURSEMENT TO COUNTIES. (a) A county is | ||
| entitled to reimbursement from the department for the cost of | ||
| confining a person described by Section 508.281(a) in a county jail | ||
| at a rate of $45 for each day the person remains confined beginning | ||
| on the sixth day after the date on which the county's processing | ||
| related to the transfer of the person to the department has been | ||
| completed if the person is confined after an ineligible release or | ||
| only on a charge that the person has committed an administrative | ||
| violation of release. | ||
| (b) A county judge may request reimbursement by submitting | ||
| to the comptroller a statement of the amount for which the county is | ||
| entitled to reimbursement under Subsection (a). On receipt of a | ||
| statement from a county under this subsection, the comptroller | ||
| shall reimburse the county in the amount requested from funds | ||
| appropriated to the department. | ||
| SECTION 4. As soon as practicable after the effective date | ||
| of this Act, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shall develop | ||
| and implement the plan required by Section 493.032, Government | ||
| Code, as added by this Act. | ||
| SECTION 5. Section 499.1215, Government Code, as added by | ||
| this Act, applies only to the reimbursement of a county for the cost | ||
| of confinement of an inmate described by Section 499.1215(a) that | ||
| occurs on or after September 1, 2019, regardless of whether all | ||
| processing required for transfer of the inmate to the Texas | ||
| Department of Criminal Justice is completed before, on, or after | ||
| September 1, 2019. | ||
| SECTION 6. Section 508.285, Government Code, as added by | ||
| this Act, applies only to a person who is arrested on or after | ||
| September 1, 2019. A person arrested before September 1, 2019, is | ||
| governed by the law in effect immediately before the effective date | ||
| of this Act, and the former law is continued in effect for that | ||
| purpose. | ||
| SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
