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| 1 | 1 | 81R6280 SLB-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Chavez H.B. No. 2170 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the minimum number of county jailers necessary to staff | |
| 8 | 8 | a county jail. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 351, Local Government | |
| 11 | 11 | Code, is amended by adding Section 351.045 to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 351.045. MINIMUM STAFF. (a) The sheriff or the | |
| 13 | 13 | administrator of a county jail, as applicable, shall employ at | |
| 14 | 14 | least one county jailer for every 48 inmates housed in the county | |
| 15 | 15 | jail. | |
| 16 | 16 | (b) The commissioners court of a county shall provide | |
| 17 | 17 | sufficient funding for the employment of county jailers in the | |
| 18 | 18 | number required by this section. | |
| 19 | 19 | SECTION 2. Section 351.045, Local Government Code, as added | |
| 20 | 20 | by this Act, applies to the commissioners court of a county and to | |
| 21 | 21 | the sheriff or jail administrator of a county beginning on the first | |
| 22 | 22 | day of the first county fiscal year that begins after the effective | |
| 23 | 23 | date of this Act. | |
| 24 | 24 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 25 | 25 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 26 | 26 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 27 | 27 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 28 | 28 | Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |