85R2899 MAW-D
By: González of El Paso H.B. No. 2507
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to contracts for the housing of inmates released on parole
or to mandatory supervision.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 508, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 508.120 to read as follows:
Sec. 508.120. CONTRACT WITH PRIVATE VENDOR FOR HOUSING.
Each contract that the department enters into with a private vendor
for the operation of a facility to house releasees must include a
provision that:
(1) requires the department to provide a written
warning to the vendor not later than the 15th day following the end
of a fiscal quarter in which the vendor has 10 or more instances of
noncompliance with the contract; and
(2) provides for the automatic termination of the
contract on the second fiscal quarter in which the vendor has 10 or
more instances of noncompliance during a three-year period.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to a
contract entered into or renewed on or after the effective date of
this Act. A contract entered into or renewed before the effective
date of this Act is governed by the law in effect at the time the
contract was entered into or renewed, and the former law is
continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.