85R7205 JG-D
By: Frank H.B. No. 1550
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to requiring the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to
reimburse counties for certain costs for confining a person pending
a transfer to the department.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 499, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 499.1215 to read as follows:
Sec. 499.1215. REIMBURSEMENT TO COUNTIES. (a) A county is
entitled to reimbursement from the department for the cost of
confining an inmate described by Section 499.121(c) in a county
jail at a rate of $45 for each day the inmate remains confined
following the date on which all processing required for transfer
has been completed.
(b) A county judge may request reimbursement by submitting
to the comptroller a statement of the amount for which the county is
entitled to reimbursement under Subsection (a). On receipt of a
statement from a county under this subsection, the comptroller
shall reimburse the county in the amount requested from funds
appropriated to the department.
SECTION 2. Subchapter I, Chapter 508, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 508.285 to read as follows:
Sec. 508.285. REIMBURSEMENT TO COUNTIES. (a) A county is
entitled to reimbursement from the department for the cost of
confining a person described by Section 508.281(a) in a county jail
at a rate of $45 for each day the person remains confined following
the date on which the county's processing related to the transfer of
the person to the department has been completed if the person is
confined after an ineligible release or only on a charge that the
person has committed an administrative violation of release.
(b) A county judge may request reimbursement by submitting
to the comptroller a statement of the amount for which the county is
entitled to reimbursement under Subsection (a). On receipt of a
statement from a county under this subsection, the comptroller
shall reimburse the county in the amount requested from funds
appropriated to the department.
SECTION 3. Section 499.1215, Government Code, as added by
this Act, applies only to the reimbursement of a county for the cost
of confinement of an inmate described by Section 499.1215(a) that
occurs on or after the effective date of this Act, regardless of
whether all processing required for transfer of the inmate to the
Texas Department of Criminal Justice is completed before, on, or
after the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 4. Section 508.285, Government Code, as added by
this Act, applies only to a person who is arrested on or after the
effective date of this Act. A person arrested before the effective
date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the
person was arrested, and the former law is continued in effect for
that purpose.
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.