Bill Text: TX SB1154 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to the powers and duties of the Texas Civil Commitment Office and to certain requirements regarding the payment of costs associated with civil commitment by persons civilly committed as sexually violent predators.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-05-03 - Committee report sent to Calendars [SB1154 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB1154-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to the powers and duties of the Texas Civil Commitment Office and to certain requirements regarding the payment of costs associated with civil commitment by persons civilly committed as sexually violent predators.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-05-03 - Committee report sent to Calendars [SB1154 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB1154-Introduced.html
86R8817 KJE/JCG-F | ||
By: Perry | S.B. No. 1154 |
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relating to the powers and duties of the Texas Civil Commitment | ||
Office and to certain requirements regarding the payment of costs | ||
associated with civil commitment by persons civilly committed as | ||
sexually violent predators. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter I, Chapter 2001, Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 2001.227 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 2001.227. TEXAS CIVIL COMMITMENT OFFICE. This chapter | ||
does not: | ||
(1) apply to a rule of the Texas Civil Commitment | ||
Office that applies to a person who is civilly committed as a | ||
sexually violent predator under Chapter 841, Health and Safety | ||
Code; or | ||
(2) entitle any person to judicial review of any | ||
decision made or action taken under a rule described by Subdivision | ||
(1). | ||
SECTION 2. Section 841.0837, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 841.0837. EMERGENCY DETENTION ORDER. The [ |
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order for a committed [ |
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of: | ||
(1) returning the person to a more restrictive setting | ||
following: | ||
(A) a transfer to less restrictive housing and | ||
supervision under Section 841.0834; or | ||
(B) a release under Section 841.0836; or | ||
(2) for a recently committed person who is not in the | ||
custody of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice at the time the | ||
commitment order is entered, bringing the person into the office's | ||
custody [ |
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SECTION 3. Section 841.084, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: | ||
(c) A committed person, on request, shall provide to the | ||
office any financial records or other information regarding the | ||
person's income, assets, and expenses to assist the office in | ||
determining whether the person is indigent for purposes of this | ||
section. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |