By: Guillen H.B. No. 4606
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to regulation contracts for operation of jails or
correctional facilities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 511.0094, Government Code, is amended by
amending Sec. 511.0094 to read as follows:
Sec. 511.0094. EXCLUSION OF JAILS OR CORRECTIONAL
FACILITIES HOUSING ONLY FEDERAL PRISONERS. The provisions of this
chapter do not apply to a correctional facility contracting to
house only federal prisoners and operating pursuant to a contract
between a unit of the federal government and a county, a
municipality, or a private vendor. If a county or a municipality
contracts to house or begins to house only federal prisoners the
provisions of this chapter do apply. If a county, municipality, or
private vendor contracts to house or begins to house state, county,
or municipal prisoners or prisoners of another state of the United
States, it shall report to the commission before placing such
inmates in a correctional facility housing only federal prisoners.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.