Texas 2011 - 82nd Regular

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22 By: Larson H.B. No. 2348
33 Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2348:
44 By: Hamilton C.S.H.B. No. 2348
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77 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
88 AN ACT
99 relating to certain standards applicable to certain prisoners
1010 confined in a county jail pending transfer to the Texas Department
1111 of Criminal Justice.
1212 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1313 SECTION 1. Chapter 511, Government Code, is amended by
1414 adding Section 511.0089 to read as follows:
1515 Sec. 511.0089. PRISONERS AWAITING TRANSFER: CLASSIFICATION
1616 AND HOUSING. Notwithstanding Section 511.009(a), the commission
1717 may not adopt a rule that establishes classification requirements
1818 and minimum housing standards for any prisoner who is awaiting
1919 transfer to a facility operated by or under contract with the Texas
2020 Department of Criminal Justice following conviction of a felony or
2121 revocation of community supervision, parole, or mandatory
2222 supervision and for whom all paperwork and processing under Section
2323 8(a), Article 42.09, Code of Criminal Procedure, for transfer has
2424 been completed.
2525 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.