By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 1888
(In the Senate - Filed March 13, 2015; March 25, 2015, read
first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice;
April 8, 2015, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 5,
Nays 0; April 8, 2015, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a requirement that a county report the number of certain
persons with mental illness detained in that county's jail.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 511.0101(a), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) Each county shall submit to the commission on or before
the fifth day of each month a report containing the following
information:
(1) the number of prisoners confined in the county
jail on the first day of the month, classified on the basis of the
following categories:
(A) total prisoners;
(B) pretrial Class C misdemeanor offenders;
(C) pretrial Class A and B misdemeanor offenders;
(D) convicted misdemeanor offenders;
(E) felony offenders whose penalty has been
reduced to a misdemeanor;
(F) pretrial felony offenders;
(G) convicted felony offenders;
(H) prisoners detained on bench warrants;
(I) prisoners detained for parole violations;
(J) prisoners detained for federal officers;
(K) prisoners awaiting transfer to the
institutional division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice
following conviction of a felony or revocation of probation,
parole, or release on mandatory supervision and for whom paperwork
and processing required for transfer have been completed;
(L) prisoners detained after having been
transferred from another jail and for whom the commission has made a
payment under Subchapter F, Chapter 499[, Government Code];
(M) prisoners for whom an immigration detainer
has been issued by United States Immigration and Customs
Enforcement; and
(N) other prisoners;
(2) the total capacity of the county jail on the first
day of the month;
(3) the total number of prisoners who were confined in
the county jail during the preceding month, based on a count
conducted on each day of that month, who were known or had been
determined to be pregnant;
(3-a) the total number of prisoners who were confined
in the county jail during the preceding month who were not charged
with a criminal offense and were apprehended by a peace officer:
(A) for emergency detention without a warrant
under Section 573.001, Health and Safety Code;
(B) for emergency detention with a warrant issued
under Section 573.012, Health and Safety Code; or
(C) for protective custody with an order issued
under Section 574.022, Health and Safety Code;
(4) the total cost to the county during the preceding
month of housing prisoners described by Subdivision (1)(M),
calculated based on the average daily cost of housing a prisoner in
the county jail; and
(5) certification by the reporting official that the
information in the report is accurate.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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