85R8519 JG-D
By: Coleman H.B. No. 3269
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to certain contraband searches conducted by the Texas
Department of Criminal Justice.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 501, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 501.025 to read as follows:
Sec. 501.025. TEMPORARY LOCKDOWN DURING CONTRABAND SEARCH.
(a) During any routine search for contraband conducted during the
month of June or July, the department may not confine an inmate in a
cellblock or dormitory that does not have central air conditioning.
(b) This section does not apply to a search for contraband
that is made in response to specific information known to the
department indicating that a prohibited substance or item described
by Section 38.11, Penal Code, is present in the cellblock or
dormitory.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.