Bill Text: TX HB1979 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to prohibiting the confinement of inmates by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice in facilities operated by private vendors.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-21 - Left pending in committee [HB1979 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB1979-Introduced.html
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| By: Reynolds | H.B. No. 1979 | |
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| relating to prohibiting the confinement of inmates by the Texas | ||
| Department of Criminal Justice in facilities operated by private | ||
| vendors. | ||
| 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. HOUSING IN PRIVATE FACILITY PROHIBITED. (a) | ||
| Notwithstanding any other law and except as provided by Subsection | ||
| (b), the department may not house or confine in a facility owned, | ||
| operated, or managed by a private vendor, including on a temporary | ||
| basis: | ||
| (1) an inmate sentenced to imprisonment in the | ||
| department; | ||
| (2) an inmate described by Section 499.152 or 507.002; | ||
| or | ||
| (3) a person described by Section 493.009(a). | ||
| (b) Subsection (a) does not apply to a residential | ||
| correctional facility as defined by Section 508.157. | ||
| SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 495, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 495.0011 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 495.0011. CERTAIN CONTRACTS PROHIBITED. (a) | ||
| Notwithstanding any other law and except as provided by Subsection | ||
| (b), the board may not enter into a contract under which an inmate | ||
| sentenced to imprisonment in the department, an inmate described by | ||
| Section 499.152 or 507.002, or a person described by Section | ||
| 493.009(a) will be housed or confined in a facility owned, | ||
| operated, or managed by a private vendor. | ||
| (b) Subsection (a) does not apply to a contract relating to | ||
| a residential correctional facility as defined by Section 508.157. | ||
| SECTION 3. Section 493.032, Government Code, as added by | ||
| this Act, applies to the housing or confinement of a person | ||
| described by that section on or after the effective date of this | ||
| Act, regardless of whether the offense for which the person is | ||
| housed or confined occurred before, on, or after the effective date | ||
| of this Act. | ||
| SECTION 4. Section 495.0011, Government Code, as added by | ||
| this Act, applies to a contract entered into or renewed on or after | ||
| the effective date of this Act. A contract entered into or renewed | ||
| before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in | ||
| effect at the time the contract was entered into or renewed, and the | ||
| former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
| SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
