Bill Text: TX SB1888 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to a requirement that a county report the number of certain persons with mental illness detained in that county's jail.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2015-05-21 - Committee report sent to Calendars [SB1888 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SB1888-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to a requirement that a county report the number of certain persons with mental illness detained in that county's jail.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2015-05-21 - Committee report sent to Calendars [SB1888 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SB1888-Introduced.html
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| By: Zaffirini | S.B. No. 1888 | |
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| relating to a requirement that a county report the number of certain | ||
| persons with mental illness detained in that county's jail. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 511.0101(a), Government Code, is amended | ||
| to read as follows: | ||
| (a) Each county shall submit to the commission on or before | ||
| the fifth day of each month a report containing the following | ||
| information: | ||
| (1) the number of prisoners confined in the county | ||
| jail on the first day of the month, classified on the basis of the | ||
| following categories: | ||
| (A) total prisoners; | ||
| (B) pretrial Class C misdemeanor offenders; | ||
| (C) pretrial Class A and B misdemeanor offenders; | ||
| (D) convicted misdemeanor offenders; | ||
| (E) felony offenders whose penalty has been | ||
| reduced to a misdemeanor; | ||
| (F) pretrial felony offenders; | ||
| (G) convicted felony offenders; | ||
| (H) prisoners detained on bench warrants; | ||
| (I) prisoners detained for parole violations; | ||
| (J) prisoners detained for federal officers; | ||
| (K) prisoners awaiting transfer to the | ||
| institutional division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice | ||
| following conviction of a felony or revocation of probation, | ||
| parole, or release on mandatory supervision and for whom paperwork | ||
| and processing required for transfer have been completed; | ||
| (L) prisoners detained after having been | ||
| transferred from another jail and for whom the commission has made a | ||
| payment under Subchapter F, Chapter 499[ |
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| (M) prisoners for whom an immigration detainer | ||
| has been issued by United States Immigration and Customs | ||
| Enforcement; and | ||
| (N) other prisoners; | ||
| (2) the total capacity of the county jail on the first | ||
| day of the month; | ||
| (3) the total number of prisoners who were confined in | ||
| the county jail during the preceding month, based on a count | ||
| conducted on each day of that month, who were known or had been | ||
| determined to be pregnant; | ||
| (3-a) the total number of prisoners who were confined | ||
| in the county jail during the preceding month who were not charged | ||
| with a criminal offense and were apprehended by a peace officer: | ||
| (A) for emergency detention without a warrant | ||
| under Section 573.001, Health and Safety Code; | ||
| (B) for emergency detention with a warrant issued | ||
| under Section 573.012, Health and Safety Code; or | ||
| (C) for protective custody with an order issued | ||
| under Section 574.022, Health and Safety Code; | ||
| (4) the total cost to the county during the preceding | ||
| month of housing prisoners described by Subdivision (1)(M), | ||
| calculated based on the average daily cost of housing a prisoner in | ||
| the county jail; and | ||
| (5) certification by the reporting official that the | ||
| information in the report is accurate. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
