By: Capriglione H.B. No. 3440
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the electronic submission of required jail reports.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 511, Government Code, is amended by
adding Section 511.0104 to read as follows:
Sect. 511.0104. ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION OF FORMS, DATA, AND
DOCUMENTS. (a) The commission by rule shall:
(1) develop and establish a system for the submission
of forms, data, and documents required to be submitted to the
commission under this chapter in electronic format; and
(2) once that system is established, require
facilities under the commission's purview to submit to the
commission electronically and in electronic format any form, data,
or document required to be submitted to the commission under this
chapter.
(3) The commission may allow submission in a
non-electronic format but shall set and collect a reasonable fee
for processing.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2020.