Bill Text: TX HB2183 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the temporary appointment of county jailers.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-23 - Effective on 9/1/23 [HB2183 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB2183-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 2183 | ||
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| relating to the temporary appointment of county jailers. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 1701.310, Occupations Code, is amended | ||
| by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsections (b-1), (b-2), and | ||
| (b-3) to read as follows: | ||
| (b) A county jailer appointed on a temporary basis who does | ||
| not satisfactorily complete the preparatory training program | ||
| before the first anniversary of the date that the person is | ||
| appointed shall be removed from the position. A county jailer | ||
| appointed on a temporary basis shall be enrolled in the preparatory | ||
| training program on or before the 90th day after their temporary | ||
| appointment. A temporary appointment may not be renewed, except | ||
| that the sheriff may petition the commission to extend the | ||
| temporary appointment for a period not to exceed six months. | ||
| (b-1) A person who has previously been appointed on a | ||
| temporary basis as a county jailer and separated from that position | ||
| may be subsequently appointed on a temporary basis as a county | ||
| jailer under Subsection (b) at the same or a different county jail | ||
| only if the person was in good standing at the time the person | ||
| separated from the position. | ||
| (b-2) A person who has cumulatively served as a county | ||
| jailer on a temporary basis under Subsection (b) for two years may | ||
| continue to serve for the remainder of that temporary appointment, | ||
| not to exceed the first anniversary of the date of the most recent | ||
| appointment. The person is not eligible for an extension of that | ||
| appointment or for a subsequent appointment on a temporary basis as | ||
| a county jailer under that subsection at the same or a different | ||
| county jail until the first anniversary of the date the person | ||
| separates from the temporary appointment during which the person | ||
| reached two years of cumulative service. | ||
| (b-3) A person whose county jailer license has become | ||
| inactive may be appointed as a county jailer on a temporary basis | ||
| under Subsection (b). | ||
| SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date | ||
| of this Act, the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement shall adopt the | ||
| rules necessary to implement the changes in law made by this Act to | ||
| Section 1701.310, Occupations Code. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 2183 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 19, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 148, Nays 0, 1 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 2183 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 8, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
