Bill Text: TX SB2187 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the appointment of a compliance monitor to oversee certain county jails.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-21 - Referred to Criminal Justice [SB2187 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB2187-Introduced.html
| 86R14063 JG-F | ||
| By: Whitmire | S.B. No. 2187 | |
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| relating to the appointment of a compliance monitor to oversee | ||
| certain county jails. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 511.008, Government Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: | ||
| (a-1) The commission shall employ compliance monitors as | ||
| necessary to oversee compliance efforts of county jails under | ||
| Section 511.0122. The commission may employ assistant compliance | ||
| monitors as necessary to assist a compliance monitor. | ||
| SECTION 2. Chapter 511, Government Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Section 511.0122 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 511.0122. COMPLIANCE MONITORING. (a) The commission | ||
| shall, on the issuance of three reports of noncompliance under | ||
| Section 511.011 during an 18-month period or the issuance of five | ||
| reports of noncompliance under Section 511.011 during a 36-month | ||
| period, issue a remedial order appointing a compliance monitor to | ||
| oversee compliance efforts of the county jail for which the | ||
| findings of noncompliance were made. | ||
| (b) A compliance monitor shall develop a compliance plan for | ||
| a county jail under this section. The plan must ensure that the | ||
| county jail corrects the issues identified in the reports of | ||
| noncompliance issued to the county jail. The compliance monitor | ||
| shall provide monthly reports to the sheriff, county judge, | ||
| executive director, and commission on the county jail's progress | ||
| toward meeting the requirements of the compliance plan. | ||
| (c) A compliance monitor shall continue to oversee a county | ||
| jail under this section for a period of six months after the date | ||
| the commission determines that the county jail is in compliance | ||
| with applicable state law and commission rules, standards, and | ||
| procedures. If a report of noncompliance under Section 511.011 is | ||
| issued to a county jail during the 12-month period after the county | ||
| jail becomes compliant in accordance with this section, the | ||
| commission shall promptly issue a remedial order appointing a | ||
| compliance monitor to oversee compliance efforts of the county jail | ||
| in accordance with this section. | ||
| (d) The commission shall continue to conduct annual and | ||
| other routine or special inspections during the period that a | ||
| compliance monitor is overseeing a county jail. | ||
| (e) The county in which the county jail overseen by a | ||
| compliance monitor is located shall reimburse the commission for | ||
| all costs incurred by the commission in overseeing the county jail, | ||
| including the amount of the salary and benefits paid to the | ||
| compliance monitor and any assistant compliance monitors. | ||
| (f) The commission shall adopt rules to implement this | ||
| section. | ||
| SECTION 3. As soon as practicable after the effective date | ||
| of this Act, the Commission on Jail Standards shall adopt rules as | ||
| necessary to implement Section 511.0122, Government Code, as added | ||
| by this Act. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
