Bill Text: TX SB173 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to requiring the state to reimburse counties for certain costs incurred in confining certain persons arrested following release from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-06 - Co-author authorized [SB173 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-SB173-Introduced.html
  86R183 MAW-D
 
  By: Perry S.B. No. 173
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to requiring the state to reimburse counties for certain
  costs incurred in confining certain persons arrested following
  release from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter I, Chapter 508, Government Code, is
  amended by adding Section 508.285 to read as follows:
         Sec. 508.285.  REIMBURSEMENT TO COUNTIES. (a) A county is
  entitled to reimbursement from the department for the following
  amounts for confining a releasee or person described by Section
  508.281(a) in a county jail:
               (1)  for a releasee or person confined only on a charge
  that the releasee or person has committed an administrative
  violation of release or confined after an ineligible release:
                     (A)  medical or other special needs expenses
  incurred during any day the releasee or person is confined in the
  county jail; and
                     (B)  the costs of confinement, other than those
  described by Paragraph (A), incurred by the county beginning on the
  16th day of the releasee's or person's confinement in the county
  jail; and
               (2)  for a releasee or person confined following arrest
  for the alleged commission of an offense after release:
                     (A)  medical or other special needs expenses
  incurred during any day the releasee or person is confined in the
  county jail after the date on which the sheriff notifies the
  department that:
                           (i)  the releasee or person has discharged
  the sentence for the offense; or
                           (ii)  the prosecution of the alleged offense
  has been dismissed by the attorney representing the state in the
  manner provided by Article 32.02, Code of Criminal Procedure; and
                     (B)  the costs of confinement, other than those
  described by Paragraph (A), incurred by the county beginning on the
  16th day the releasee or person is confined in the county jail after
  the date on which the sheriff notifies the department that:
                           (i)  the releasee or person has discharged
  the sentence for the offense; or
                           (ii)  the prosecution of the alleged offense
  has been dismissed by the attorney representing the state in the
  manner provided by Article 32.02, Code of Criminal Procedure.
         (b)  A county shall promptly inform the department that the
  county is confining a releasee or person described by Section
  508.281(a).
         (c)  Not later than the 15th day of each quarter of a county's
  fiscal year, the county judge shall certify to the comptroller of
  public accounts the amount of medical or other special needs
  expenses and costs of confinement incurred during the preceding
  fiscal quarter for which the county is entitled to compensation
  under Subsection (a). The comptroller shall issue a warrant in that
  amount to the commissioners court of the county.
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to a person who is arrested on or after the effective date of this
  Act.  A person arrested before the effective date of this Act is
  governed by the law in effect on the date the person was arrested,
  and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
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