82R22883 MAW-F
By: Larson H.B. No. 2348
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2348:
By: Hamilton C.S.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. Notwithstanding Section 511.009(a), the commission
may not adopt a rule that establishes classification requirements
and minimum housing standards for any prisoner who is 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.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.