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| 1 | 1 | 81R9756 PEP-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Turner of Harris H.B. No. 2246 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the ratio of correctional officers to prisoners in a | |
| 8 | 8 | county jail. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 351, Local Government | |
| 11 | 11 | Code, is amended by adding Section 351.005 to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 351.005. RATIO OF CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS TO PRISONERS. | |
| 13 | 13 | (a) The sheriff shall ensure that: | |
| 14 | 14 | (1) at least one correctional officer is stationed on | |
| 15 | 15 | each floor of a county jail on which 10 or more prisoners are | |
| 16 | 16 | housed; | |
| 17 | 17 | (2) at least one correctional officer is stationed on | |
| 18 | 18 | each floor of the county jail for every 48 prisoners housed on that | |
| 19 | 19 | floor; and | |
| 20 | 20 | (3) sufficient supervisors and other essential | |
| 21 | 21 | personnel are present at the county jail to perform the functions | |
| 22 | 22 | required by the Commission on Jail Standards. | |
| 23 | 23 | (b) The commissioners court shall provide the sheriff with | |
| 24 | 24 | resources necessary to ensure that staffing requirements imposed by | |
| 25 | 25 | Subsection (a) are met. | |
| 26 | 26 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |