85R20646 JG-D
By: Frank H.B. No. 1550
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1550:
By: Allen C.S.H.B. No. 1550
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the confinement in a county jail of a person pending a
transfer to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and to the
reimbursement of certain costs of confinement.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 493, Government Code, is amended by
adding Section 493.032 to read as follows:
Sec. 493.032. TRANSPORTATION PLAN FOR CERTAIN INMATES. The
department shall develop and implement a plan to effectively and
efficiently take custody of and transport from a county jail an
inmate described by Section 499.121(c) or a person described by
Section 508.281(a) not later than the fifth day after the date on
which all processing required for transferring the inmate or person
has been completed.
SECTION 2. 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
beginning on the sixth day after 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 3. 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 beginning
on the sixth day after 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 4. As soon as practicable after the effective date
of this Act, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shall develop
and implement the plan required by Section 493.032, Government
Code, as added by this Act.
SECTION 5. 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 September 1, 2019, regardless of whether all
processing required for transfer of the inmate to the Texas
Department of Criminal Justice is completed before, on, or after
September 1, 2019.
SECTION 6. Section 508.285, Government Code, as added by
this Act, applies only to a person who is arrested on or after
September 1, 2019. A person arrested before September 1, 2019, is
governed by the law in effect immediately before the effective date
of this Act, and the former law is continued in effect for that
purpose.
SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.