83S20156 JSC-D
By: Canales H.B. No. 32
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to an interim study on the Evins Regional Juvenile Center
in Edinburg.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. (a) The executive director of the Texas Juvenile
Justice Department shall create a committee composed of employees
of the department to conduct an interim study on the conditions at
and operation of the Evins Regional Juvenile Center in Edinburg.
(b) The committee shall prepare a report that includes:
(1) a summary of the incidents of violence, abuse,
neglect, exploitation, or other misconduct or criminal activity
occurring or alleged to have occurred at the facility in the
preceding 10 years;
(2) the response of the facility to the incidents or
allegations of violence, abuse, neglect, exploitation, or other
misconduct or criminal activity, including steps taken by the
facility to:
(A) implement the remedial measures prescribed
by the Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of
Justice in March 2007;
(B) investigate the events leading to the arrest
of officers in June 2013 and, as necessary, implement measures to
prevent future similar incidents; and
(C) enforce other facility and Texas Juvenile
Justice Department policies to prevent and address violence, abuse,
neglect, exploitation, or other misconduct or criminal activity in
the facility; and
(3) recommendations for improving conditions at the
facility.
(c) The committee shall submit the report under this section
to the governor, lieutenant governor, speaker of the house of
representatives, and appropriate standing committees of the
legislature not later than December 1, 2014.
SECTION 2. This Act expires June 1, 2015.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the
legislative session.