Bill Text: TX HB684 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to housing prisoners in a tent or other facility in lieu of a county jail.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 12-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-05-10 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB684 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB684-Comm_Sub.html
82R22073 MAW-D | |||
By: Larson, Lavender, Fletcher, Bonnen, | H.B. No. 684 | ||
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Substitute the following for H.B. No. 684: | |||
By: Smith of Harris | C.S.H.B. No. 684 |
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relating to housing prisoners in a tent or other facility in lieu of | ||
a county jail. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. The heading to Section 351.0035, Local | ||
Government Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 351.0035. [ |
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OTHER FACILITIES IN LIEU OF COUNTY JAIL. | ||
SECTION 2. Sections 351.0035(a) and (b), Local Government | ||
Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) A [ |
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county may [ |
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not a county jail for the duration of the prisoner's sentence. | ||
(b) The Commission on Jail Standards shall adopt rules that | ||
govern the [ |
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facility that is not a county jail, including a specific | ||
requirement for: | ||
(1) the classification and separation of prisoners; | ||
(2) the supervision of prisoners; | ||
(3) safety, sanitation, and health; | ||
(4) the structure and maintenance of the facility; | ||
(5) the provision of bunks or sleeping areas for | ||
prisoners or other furnishings for the facility; | ||
(6) the space and capacity in the facility; and | ||
(7) the enforcement of a rule the commission adopts | ||
under this subsection. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |