Bill Text: TX SB40 | 2023 | 88th Legislature 4th Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the temperature at which a facility operated by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice is maintained.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-11-14 - Filed [SB40 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB40-Introduced.html
| By: Menéndez | S.B. No. 40 | |
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| relating to the temperature at which a facility operated by the | ||
| Texas Department of Criminal Justice is maintained. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 501, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 501.028 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 501.028. TEMPERATURE REQUIREMENTS AT DEPARTMENT | ||
| FACILITIES. The department shall ensure that the temperature in | ||
| each facility operated by the department is maintained at not less | ||
| than 65 degrees Fahrenheit or more than 85 degrees Fahrenheit. | ||
| SECTION 2. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice is not | ||
| required to comply with the requirements of Section 501.028, | ||
| Government Code, as added by this Act, until September 1, 2024. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the | ||
| legislative session. | ||
