82R4313 MAW-F
By: Larson H.B. No. 2348
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to certain standards applicable to certain prisoners
confined in a county jail pending transfer to the Texas Department
of Criminal Justice.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 511, Government Code, is amended by
adding Section 511.0089 to read as follows:
Sec. 511.0089. PRISONERS AWAITING TRANSFER: CLASSIFICATION
AND HOUSING. (a) Notwithstanding Section 511.009(a), the
commission may not adopt a rule that establishes classification
requirements and minimum housing standards for any prisoner
awaiting transfer to a facility operated by or under contract with
the Texas Department of Criminal Justice following conviction of a
felony or revocation of community supervision, parole, or mandatory
supervision and for whom all paperwork and processing under Section
8(a), Article 42.09, Code of Criminal Procedure, for transfer has
been completed.
(b) The sheriff shall establish the classification
requirements and minimum housing standards that apply to a prisoner
described by Subsection (a). The requirements and standards
established under this subsection must meet or exceed the
classification requirements and minimum housing standards for an
inmate imprisoned in a facility operated by or under contract with
the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.