Bill Text: TX SB1235 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the temporary appointment of county jailers.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-09 - Referred to Criminal Justice [SB1235 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB1235-Introduced.html
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| By: Flores | S.B. No. 1235 | |
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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 Subsection (b-1) 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 not be subsequently appointed on a temporary basis as a county | ||
| jailer at the same or a different county jail unless the person was | ||
| in good standing at the time the person separated from the position. | ||
| A temporary appointment under this subsection may not exceed one | ||
| year. | ||
| 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. | ||
