82R8544 MAW-F
By: Harper-Brown H.B. No. 1763
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the timely transfer of certain inmates from county
jails to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 499.121, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows:
(c-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (c), on and after
September 1, 2011, the department has a duty to accept, not later
than the 30th day after the date on which all processing required
for transfer has been completed, each inmate confined in a county
jail while under an order of commitment to the department following
conviction of a felony of the first, second, or third degree or a
capital felony.
SECTION 2. Section 499.071, Government Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 499.071. SCHEDULED ADMISSIONS POLICY. The board shall
adopt and enforce a scheduled admissions policy that:
(1) permits the department [institutional division]
to accept inmates within 45 days of processing as required by
Section 499.121(c); and
(2) requires the department to accept inmates within
30 days of processing as required by Section 499.121(c-1).
SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to the acceptance by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice of an
inmate who is confined in a county jail and is under an order of
commitment to the department that is entered on or after the
effective date of this Act. The acceptance by the Texas Department
of Criminal Justice of an inmate who is confined in a county jail
and is under an order of commitment to the department that is
entered before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law
in effect on the date the order of commitment was entered, and the
former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.