| 1 | 1 | | By: Madden (Senate Sponsor - Whitmire) H.B. No. 2119 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (In the Senate - Received from the House May 16, 2011; |
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| 3 | 3 | | May 16, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal |
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| 4 | 4 | | Justice; May 21, 2011, reported favorably by the following vote: |
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| 5 | 5 | | Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 21, 2011, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | 6 | | |
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| 7 | 7 | | |
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| 8 | 8 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 9 | 9 | | AN ACT |
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| 10 | 10 | | relating to the requirement that the Texas Correctional Office on |
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| 11 | 11 | | Offenders with Medical or Mental Impairments provide certain |
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| 12 | 12 | | services and programs. |
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| 13 | 13 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 14 | 14 | | SECTION 1. Chapter 614, Health and Safety Code, is amended |
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| 15 | 15 | | by adding Section 614.0205 to read as follows: |
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| 16 | 16 | | Sec. 614.0205. APPROPRIATION CONTINGENCY. The office is |
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| 17 | 17 | | required to provide a service or program under Section 614.019(a) |
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| 18 | 18 | | or 614.020 only if the legislature appropriates money specifically |
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| 19 | 19 | | for that purpose. If the legislature does not appropriate money |
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| 20 | 20 | | specifically for that purpose, the office may, but is not required |
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| 21 | 21 | | to, provide a service or program under Section 614.019(a) or |
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| 22 | 22 | | 614.020 using other appropriations available for that purpose. |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 24 | 24 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 25 | 25 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 26 | 26 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 27 | 27 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |
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| 28 | 28 | | * * * * * |
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