Bill Text: TX HB1638 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to requiring security cameras in common areas of facilities operated by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-09 - Referred to Corrections [HB1638 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB1638-Introduced.html
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| By: Sherman, Sr. | H.B. No. 1638 | |
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| relating to requiring security cameras in common areas of | ||
| facilities operated by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. | ||
| 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. SECURITY CAMERAS REQUIRED IN COMMON AREAS. | ||
| (a) The department shall install and maintain security cameras in | ||
| each common area of a facility operated by the department. This | ||
| subsection does not apply to any area of a facility where an inmate | ||
| has a reasonable expectation of privacy, including an inmate's cell | ||
| or a restroom or shower. | ||
| (b) Security cameras required by Subsection (a) must be: | ||
| (1) capable of capturing and transmitting high quality | ||
| video; and | ||
| (2) positioned in a manner to eliminate blind spots in | ||
| the common areas. | ||
| 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, 2023. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
