Bill Text: TX HB1553 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Relating to the composition of the Commission on Jail Standards.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-04-30 - Referred to Criminal Justice [HB1553 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB1553-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Relating to the composition of the Commission on Jail Standards.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-04-30 - Referred to Criminal Justice [HB1553 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB1553-Comm_Sub.html
86R11935 JG-D | |||
By: White, et al. | H.B. No. 1553 | ||
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1553: | |||
By: Dominguez | C.S.H.B. No. 1553 |
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relating to the composition of the Commission on Jail Standards. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 511.004(a), Government Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(a) The commission consists of nine members appointed by the | ||
governor with the advice and consent of the senate as follows: | ||
(1) one [ |
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county with a population of more than 35,000; | ||
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county with a population of 35,000 or less; | ||
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(4) [ |
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commissioner; | ||
(5) two members who are practitioners [ |
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Medical Examiners, one of whom must be board certified in | ||
psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology or the | ||
American Osteopathic Board of Neurology and Psychiatry; | ||
(6) one member who has expertise in providing veterans | ||
with information on the programs, services, and other resources | ||
that are available to veterans in this state; and | ||
(7) two members who are [ |
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representatives of the general public, at [ |
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must reside in [ |
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a population of 35,000 or less. | ||
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Section | ||
511.004(a), Government Code, does not affect the entitlement of a | ||
member serving on the Commission on Jail Standards immediately | ||
before the effective date of this Act to continue to serve for the | ||
remainder of the member's term. As the terms of members expire, the | ||
governor shall appoint or reappoint members to the Commission on | ||
Jail Standards who have the qualifications required by Section | ||
511.004, Government Code, as amended by this Act. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |