82R12015 MAW-D
By: Pitts H.B. No. 3766
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the use of proceeds from a county jail's commissary
operation.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 351.0415(c) and (g), Local Government
Code, are amended to read as follows:
(c) The sheriff or the sheriff's designee may use commissary
proceeds only to:
(1) fund, staff, and equip a program addressing the
social needs of the inmates, including an educational or
recreational program and religious or rehabilitative counseling;
(2) supply inmates with clothing, writing materials,
and hygiene supplies;
(3) establish, staff, and equip the commissary
operation and fund the salaries of staff responsible for managing
the inmates' commissary accounts;
(4) fund, staff, and equip both an educational and a
law library for the educational use of inmates; [or]
(5) fund physical plant improvements, technology,
equipment, programs, services, and activities that provide for the
well-being, health, safety, and security of the inmates and the
facility; or
(6) pay fees to the Commission on Jail Standards under
Section 511.0091, Government Code.
(g) Commissary proceeds may be used only for the purposes
described in Subsection (c). Except as provided by Subsection
(c)(6), a [A] commissioners court may not use commissary proceeds
to fund the budgetary operating expenses of a county jail.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.