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1	1	By: Madden (Senate Sponsor - Whitmire) H.B. No. 2633
2	2	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 11, 2011;
3	3	April 26, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on
4	4	Criminal Justice; May 12, 2011, reported favorably by the
5	5	following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 12, 2011, sent to printer.)
6	6
7	7
8	8	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
9	9	AN ACT
10	10	relating to the office of inspector general of the Texas Youth
11	11	Commission.
12	12	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
13	13	SECTION 1. Sections 61.0451(b), (f), (g), and (i), Human
14	14	Resources Code, are amended to read as follows:
15	15	(b) The office of inspector general shall prepare and
16	16	deliver a report concerning the results of any investigation
17	17	conducted under this section to:
18	18	(1) the board;
19	19	(2) the executive commissioner;
20	20	(3) [(2)] the advisory board;
21	21	(4) [(3)] the governor;
22	22	(5) [(4)] the lieutenant governor;
23	23	(6) [(5)] the speaker of the house of representatives;
24	24	(7) [(6)] the standing committees of the senate and
25	25	house of representatives with primary jurisdiction over matters
26	26	concerning correctional facilities;
27	27	(8) [(7)] the special prosecution unit;
28	28	(9) [(8)] the state auditor; and
29	29	(10) [(9)] any other appropriate state agency
30	30	responsible for licensing or certifying commission employees or
31	31	facilities.
32	32	(f) The board [executive commissioner] shall select a
33	33	commissioned peace officer as chief inspector general. The chief
34	34	inspector general:
35	35	(1) operates directly under the authority of the
36	36	board;
37	37	(2) is subject to the requirements of this section;
38	38	and
39	39	(3) may only be discharged by the board for cause.
40	40	(g) The chief inspector general shall on a quarterly basis
41	41	prepare and deliver a report concerning the operations of the
42	42	office of inspector general to:
43	43	(1) the board;
44	44	(2) the executive commissioner;
45	45	(3) [(2)] the advisory board;
46	46	(4) [(3)] the governor;
47	47	(5) [(4)] the lieutenant governor;
48	48	(6) [(5)] the speaker of the house of representatives;
49	49	(7) [(6)] the standing committees of the senate and
50	50	house of representatives with primary jurisdiction over
51	51	correctional facilities;
52	52	(8) [(7)] the state auditor; and
53	53	(9) [(8)] the comptroller.
54	54	(i) The office of inspector general shall immediately
55	55	report to the [executive director, the] board, the governor's
56	56	general counsel, and the state auditor:
57	57	(1) any particularly serious or flagrant problem
58	58	concerning the administration of a commission program or operation;
59	59	or
60	60	(2) any interference by the executive director, an
61	61	employee of the commission, a facility described by Subsection
62	62	(a)(2), or an officer or employee of a facility described by
63	63	Subsection (a)(2) with an investigation conducted by the office.
64	64	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
65	65	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
66	66	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
67	67	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
68	68	Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
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